AFT Resolution
Endorsement of Kamala Harris for President
RESOLVED, that for all these reasons and for our students, our patients, our families, our communities, our democracy and ourselves, the AFT endorses Kamala Harris for president in the November 2024 general election, subject to the ratification by the delegates to the 2024 AFT convention; and
RESOLVED, that the AFT and our state and local affiliates will recruit and engage members in a coordinated get-out-the-vote effort to ensure they and their families are registered to vote; are informed of the positions of Vice President Kamala Harris, former President Donald Trump and other presidential candidates; and turn out on Election Day; and
RESOLVED, that the AFT and our affiliates will provide the necessary resources and undertake the necessary comprehensive get-out-the-vote programs to educate and organize allies and the general public about the issues and the candidates in the 2024 election; and
RESOLVED, that the AFT, in solidarity, will continue to work with and build a broad coalition effort with the AFL-CIO, other labor unions, and community partners in our collective effort to elect Kamala Harris as the next president of the United States.
AFT Resolution
Organizing for the 2024 Elections
RESOLVED, that, in this moment of division and chaos versus hope and opportunity, given that the 2024 elections will determine the path charted for our future, the AFT and its affiliates must educate, organize and mobilize members and allies to get out the vote in a manner that meets this time of peril and elects leaders who will represent everyone and seek solutions to our shared challenges; and
RESOLVED, that, while Americans may be weary of our toxic political culture, we will not be worn down or intimidated into surrendering our vote; and
RESOLVED, that the AFT will do what it does best by organizing our members, working with labor and community partners, and building union power to create a stronger labor movement, to maintain a democratic society, and to build a better life for all; and
RESOLVED, that the AFT and its affiliates will provide the necessary resources and undertake the necessary programs, including voter registration, to comprehensively educate, organize and mobilize members, allies and the general public about the issues and the candidates in the 2024 election and beyond.