Who is Anthony Washington Sr.?

Anthony Washington Sr. is a U.S. Army and Maryland Army National Guard veteran, a coach and official of more than twenty years, and the founder of After Today, LLC. He builds leadership training, athletic recruiting education, and people-first AI systems for student-athletes, families, schools, and organizations. He is based in Pennsylvania and works primarily across Pennsylvania and Maryland.

What does Anthony Washington Sr. do?

He works in three connected areas: athletic recruiting education that gives student-athletes and families a repeatable daily process, leadership training for first-time supervisors and public-sector leaders, and people-first AI and workflow implementation for organizations. He also speaks and runs workshops for schools, teams, and districts.

What is athletic recruiting infrastructure?

Athletic recruiting infrastructure is the repeatable system a family or program uses to manage recruiting — film, academics, communication with coaches, eligibility tracking, and follow-up — instead of relying on exposure events and luck. Anthony teaches recruiting as infrastructure so progress comes from a daily practice rather than a seasonal scramble.

What does people-first AI implementation mean?

People-first AI implementation means adopting AI to improve the work without displacing or sidelining the people who do it. In practice that means starting from the actual workflow, keeping a human accountable for decisions, training staff on the tools they will use, and setting guardrails before scale — not buying software and hoping the team adapts.

Who are Anthony's programs designed for?

Student-athletes and their parents, high school and grassroots coaches, athletic programs, schools and districts, first-time supervisors, public-sector leaders, and organizations that want leadership training or help implementing AI without leaving employees behind.

Does Anthony Washington Sr. provide leadership training?

Yes. He trains first-time supervisors and team leads on the first ninety days, difficult conversations, accountability, and building trust, drawing on his military service, public-sector supervision, and coaching experience. Training is delivered as courses, workshops, and organizational consulting.

How can a school, district, or organization work with Anthony?

Schools, districts, and organizations can book speaking engagements and workshops, bring in leadership training for supervisors and staff, or engage him on recruiting support and AI and workflow implementation. Start on the contact page and say which of those you need.

How can I book Anthony Washington Sr. to speak?

Send an inquiry through the contact page with your event date, audience, format, and location. The speaking page lists topics, session formats, and the audiences he speaks to most often.

Where is Anthony Washington Sr. based?

He is based in Pennsylvania and works primarily across Pennsylvania and Maryland, with virtual sessions available beyond that area.

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Labor Is on the Ballot, Even When It Is Not Listed

labor · October 25, 2026

Labor may not appear on your ballot as a separate category.

Labor may not appear on your ballot as a separate category.

It is still on the ballot.

Wages.

Collective bargaining.

Workplace safety.

Public-sector staffing.

Retirement.

Health benefits.

Overtime.

Labor-law enforcement.

The people elected to office make decisions affecting all of them.

That does not mean every union member should vote the same way.

It does not mean a union endorsement should replace an individual's judgment.

It means workers should understand that elections have workplace consequences.

Labor Is Bigger Than an Endorsement

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that 14.7 million American workers belonged to unions in 2025. Public-sector workers had a union membership rate of 32.9%, compared with 5.9% in the private sector.

That makes government particularly important to labor.

Legislatures write labor laws.

Governors sign or veto them.

Budgets determine whether public agencies can hire.

Appointments influence agencies responsible for enforcing labor protections.

Local governments make decisions involving staffing, contracts, pensions, public safety, education, and working conditions.

Those decisions eventually reach somebody's workplace.

Workers Should Ask Better Questions

I have spent enough time around labor to believe workers should demand more than:

"Who did the union endorse?"

Ask:

What has this candidate actually supported?

What happened when worker safety required money?

What is their position on collective bargaining?

How do they approach public-sector staffing?

What have they done about wages, pensions, healthcare, workplace rights, and enforcement?

And if somebody already holds office:

What is the record?

Not the speech.

Not the campaign flyer.

The record.

Unions Have a Responsibility Too

A union should educate members about issues affecting their employment.

It should advocate.

It should organize.

It can endorse candidates.

But members should still think for themselves.

Labor becomes stronger when workers understand why legislation, budgets, appointments, and elections matter rather than simply being told how somebody wants them to vote.

That distinction is important.

An informed membership is more valuable than an obedient one.

Election Day Is Also Accountability Day

Workers negotiate across a bargaining table.

But some of the rules governing that table are written somewhere else.

At a city hall.

A statehouse.

Congress.

An executive office.

A regulatory agency.

That is why labor and elections cannot be completely separated.

You do not have to vote based on one issue.

You do not have to agree with your union.

You do not have to agree with your employer.

But if you work for a living, understand what is being decided.

Labor may not have its own box on the ballot.

Its consequences are all over it.

Sources

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, “Union Members — 2025,” February 18, 2026.
https://www.bls.gov/news.release/union2.htm

National Labor Relations Board, “Collective Bargaining Rights.”
https://www.nlrb.gov/about-nlrb/rights-we-protect/the-law/employees/collective-bargaining-rights

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