Membership in Local 943 affords you the following benefits:

• Dedicated officers who have a great deal of experience servicing our members
  
  
• One of the best political and legislative action programs in the IFT
  
  
• Local Defense Fund which enables Local 943 to support members' rights and contract enforcement
  
  
• Moral and economic support for councils on strike
  
  
• Local 943 Senate is the representative body according to formula in Local Constitution
  
  
• Local 943 shares an IFT regional office that provides a service center for our members
  
  
• Regular communication with our members through our newspaper-AFTerthoughts, Senate meetings, personal contacts, and electronic communication
  
  
• Delegates sent to IFT and AFT Conventions so that all local members are represented
  
  
• Members who actively participate on IFT and AFT Committees
  
  
• Members attend the AFT QuEST and PSRP Conferences
  
  
• Members attend the IFT Leadership and PSRP Conferences
  
  
• Local 943 pays for members to attend servicing courses at the IFT and AFT Union Leadership Institutes
  
  
• Education, Research, and Dissemination Program provides assistance with Recertification requirement
  
  
• Members trained in MVP Courses
  
  
• Membership Services Specialist who provides service for our members
  
  
• $1,000,000 Ocupational Liability Insurance
  
  
• Grievance Handling to defend your rights
  
  
• Personal participation in decisions affecting your profession
  
  
• $10,000 Accidental Death Benefit payable to your designated benificiary
  
  
• Subscriptions to various Union publications
  
  
• Affiliation with the Illinois Federation of Teachers (IFT), the American Federation of Teachers, (AFT) and AFL-CIO
  
  
• The many benefits available through AFT Plus
  

  AFT Local 943
  15521 South 70th Court
  Orland Park, Illinois 60462
  (708) 633-0943
  (708) 633-0944 (Fax)

  Kathy Setlak, president

  IFT Field Staff