The San Antonio Alliance of Teachers and Support Personnel is a labor union for school workers of San Antonio ISD.

The Alliance is affiliated with the NEA, AFT, TSTA, Texas AFT, and the AFL-CIO. It is the largest organization for SAISD employees and governed by an elected body of SAISD employees called the Executive Council.

In 2003, the San Antonio Teacher's Council, the San Antonio Federation of Teachers, and San Antonio Paraprofessional and Support Personnel merged into what is now the San Antonio Alliance of Teachers and Support Personnel.

Local 67 is the Alliance's local number. All Texas AFT, AF, and AFL-CIO local unions have a local number.

The Executive Council is the elected governing body of Alliance Local 67. You can check out who's on the EC here.

Consultation is the set of negotiations between the Consultation Unit and SAISD. Alliance members make up the Consultation Unit and discuss issues that concern employees, including wages, benefits, and conditions of employment with the SAISD Board of Trustees and other administrators. Read more about SAISD policy concerning consultation here.

We are the elected labor union for non-management employees who work in SAISD. We are not a department with SAISD.

National Education Association (NEA) is a National public education union founded in 1857 that currently has 2.7 million members and represents employees in public schools and in higher education.

Texas State Teachers Association (TSTA) is a Texas public education union created in 1880 and affiliated with the NEA. TSTA currently has about 65,000 members.

American Federation of Teachers (AFT) is a National public education union founded in 1916 that currently has over 1 million members and represents employees in public schools and higher education as well as nurses and public employees.

Texas AFT is the state-level affiliate of AFT. It was founded in 1974.

The American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) is the voluntary federation of America’s unions, representing more than 8 million working people nationwide. The AFL-CIO was formed in 1955 by the merger of the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations.

Collective bargaining is the process by which an employer and the elected representative of employees meet to negotiate a binding contract regarding employment issues such as wages, hours, benefits, and working conditions. Collective bargaining is illegal in Texas for public school employees and most other public employees.

Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is the federal law that protects eligible (non-exempt) employees from abusive working conditions. For example, overtime pay is required by the FLSA for eligible employees.

The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) is the federal law that provides for up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave for pregnancy and childbirth, care for a spouse, child or parent, or for an employee’s illness that interferes with the ability to work. Employees returning from FMLA leave are guaranteed their jobs or equivalent employment and are able to maintain their employee health insurance while on leave. It may be combined with paid leave.

“Right-to-Work” are anti-worker laws that prevent a vote of a majority of employees from organizing all employees into a union in a business or institution. These laws are profoundly anti-democratic. They prevent deduction of an “agency fee” from employees for the cost of union representation. Texas is a Right-to-Work state.