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The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) is the second largest teacher's labor union in America (the largest being the National Education Association). The union was founded in Chicago. John Dewey and Margaret Haley were founders. [2][3][4][5]
Education. Cornell University (BS) Yeshiva University (JD) Rhonda " Randi " Weingarten (born December 18, 1957) [ 1 ] is an American labor leader, attorney, and educator. She has been president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) since 2008, and is a member of the AFL-CIO. She is the former president of the United Federation of Teachers.
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September 2, 2024 at 11:21 AM. American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten suggested Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) “must really be disconnected from life” in response to ...
2021: Vance criticizes teachers union head as someone who ‘doesn’t have a single child’. Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, the Republican vice presidential nominee, attacked teachers who don’t have ...
2018–2019 teachers' strikes in the United States. The 2018–2019 education workers' strikes in the United States began on February 22, 2018, after local activists compelled the West Virginia state leadership of the West Virginia branches of the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association into holding a strike vote.
The report, published Tuesday by the American Federation of Teachers, which represents 1.7 million educators, health care workers and government employees, focuses on troubling labor practices at ...
The major exception was the emergence of unions of public school teachers in the largest cities; they formed the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), affiliated with the AFL. In suburbs and small cities, the National Education Association (NEA) became active, but it insisted it was not a labor union but a professional organization. [2]