Welcome to the Providence Teachers Union, Local 958! We are an organization of almost 1,700 workers, a powerful organizing union that leverages our collective power to move in solidarity and action toward securing better working conditions and dignity for our members.
We believe in a democratic union that centers member voices in decision-making, prioritizes member education and support, and defends and strengthens our contract. PTU members are ready to mobilize, to make our voices heard, and to reclaim the narrative about our schools.
Teachers’ working conditions are students’ learning conditions, and we have the power to leverage our contract to help build the schools educators, students, parents, and our community at-large deserve.
Our membership includes all regularly appointed teachers, long term substitutes and long term substitutes in pool. You are also a member of the Rhode Island Federation of Teachers and Health Professionals (RIFTHP), the AFL-CIO, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the Providence Central Labor Council.”