Christopher Chambers-Ju and Melissa Arnold Lyon
The Conversation
Through their labor unions, teachers in the U.S. are sometimes recruited as political candidates, especially in state and local elections. However, their numbers are few.
The American Federation of Teachers was the first labor union to formally endorse Harris, and its president Randi Weingarten said she “has electrified this race.”
Questions linger about unions' united front in the wake of Teamsters President Sean O'Brien's appearance at the Republican National Convention last week.
The Vermont Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals, already the state’s largest affiliation representing some 2,500 health care workers, will roughly double in size by bringing 2,200 more support staff under representation.
Poll participants are not interested in an agenda prioritizing political fights over things like book bans and limitations on how to teach about race and gender and instead support real solutions, like getting our kids and teachers what they need to recover and thrive
As the economy opened up to women a half century ago, one in three working women was an office employee. As the clerical workforce grew by leaps and bounds, so did a sense of injustice among the women, leading to the founding of the 9 to 5 Movement.
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