Background:
Who? What? When? Where? Why?
The AFT was founded in 1916, it is an affiliate of the AFL-CIO. At first it was denied but was then formed when it collaborated with three other unions from Chicago.
There are five divisions in the union:
The AFT represents approximately 80,000 early childhood educators and nearly 250,000 retiree members.
There are five divisions in the union:
- pre-K through 12th-grade teachers
- paraprofessionals and other school-related personnel
- higher education faculty and professional staff
- federal, state and local government employees
- nurses and other healthcare professionals.
The AFT represents approximately 80,000 early childhood educators and nearly 250,000 retiree members.
How many members?
Currently, there are 1.5 million members of the AFL.
Mission Statement
"The American Federation of Teachers is a union of professionals that champions fairness; democracy; economic opportunity; and high-quality public education, healthcare and public services for our students, their families and our communities. We are committed to advancing these principles through community engagement, organizing, collective bargaining and political activism, and especially through the work our members do."
Leadership
President
Randi Weingarten
Secretary-Treasurer
Lorretta Johnson
Executive Vice President
Francine Lawrence
aft vice presidents
Shelvy Y. Abrams, Mary J. Armstrong, Barbara Bowen, Linda Bridges, Elsie P. Burkhalter, Stacey Caruso-Sharpe, Kathy Chavez, Lee Cutler, Edward Doherty, Kathleen Donahue, Marietta A. English, Eric Feaver, Francis J. Flynn, Andy Ford, David Gray, Judy Hale, David Hecker, Richard Iannuzzi, Fedrick Ingram, Keith R. Johnson, Jerry Jordan, Dennis Kelly, Susan M. Kent, Ted Kirsch, Fred Kowal, Karen GJ Lewis, Louis Malfaro, John McDonald, Daniel J. Montgomery, Michael Mulgrew, Maria Neira, Ruby Newbold, Candice Owley, Andrew Pallotta, Joshua Pechthalt, David J. Quolke, Mary Cathryn Ricker, Stephen Rooney, Sandra Schroeder, Denise Specht, Tim Stoelb, Ann Twomey, Adam Urbanski
Current news/issues
- Minimizing class sizes
- Providing an equal environment for English Language Learners
- '65% Solution'-Schools must spend 65% of their budgets on classroom instruction
Sources
www.aft.org
www.wikipedia.org
www.wikipedia.org