Category: American Federation of Teachers

To Unions, Organizing Time Is Fine When It’s on the Taxpayers’ Dime

July 6, 2023
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News Analysis Randi Weingarten, the powerful president of the American Federation of Teachers, hasn’t been a working teacher in more than a quarter of a century. Of the six years she spent teaching social studies, half of them appear to have been as a substitute. Yet despite the long absence from her short tenure in…

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GOP Panel Threatens to Subpoena Teacher’s Union Leader Randi Weingarten in COVID Policy Probe

May 23, 2023
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Republicans on the House Oversight Committee are threatening to subpoena American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten as part of an investigation into remote learning policies during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, chaired by Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio), is a panel under the House Oversight Committee leading the GOP investigation into “the…

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Teachers’ Union Chief Admits Offering Edits to CDC School Reopening Guidelines, Denies Making Substantive Changes

April 27, 2023
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Members of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic closely questioned the president of the nation’s second-largest teacher’s union to determine whether it unduly influenced the Centers for Disease Control’s (CDC) policy on school reopenings during the pandemic. “Americans are curious to know if the AFT [American Federation of Teachers] access was in line…

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Teachers Union Chief Concedes Offering Edits to CDC School Reopening Guidelines, Denies Substantive Changes

April 27, 2023
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The president of the nation’s second-largest teachers union faced tough questioning on April 26 by members of a House subcommittee seeking to determine whether the union unduly influenced the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) policy on school reopenings during the pandemic. “Americans are curious to know if the AFT [American Federation of Teachers]…

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For Teachers Unions, Parents and Children Come Last

December 28, 2022
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Commentary Schools in the Rochester school district in Michigan include in their curriculum a course called “History of Ethnic and Gender Studies.” If my child were attending school there, I would wonder why this is in the curriculum as part of K-12 education and what is taught. One mother, Carol Beth Litkouhi, wondered enough that…

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Teachers Union Accused of Not Paying Taxes, Misrepresenting Funds Used For Political Purposes

September 9, 2022
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The American Federation of Teachers (AFT), one of the largest teacher labor unions in the country, is being accused of using its funds for political activities while not paying taxes on such spending. Michael O’Neill, Assistant General Counsel at Landmark legal foundation, asked the IRS to audit the AFT over the alleged misrepresentation of funds….

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Critical Race Theorist Ibram Kendi To Speak at Major Teachers Union Conference

July 7, 2021
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A critical race theorist whose ostensibly “anti-racist” ideas have been accused of perpetuating racism against whites will speak at a major teachers union conference on July 7. Ibram Kendi, a professor of humanities at Boston University, is scheduled to address the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) “Together Educating America’s Children” conference. Kendi will engage in…

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Teachers Union Presidents Support Full Return to In-person Schooling in Fall

May 15, 2021
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The president of one of the largest teachers unions in the country announced Thursday that the union wants all schools to reopen for in-person schooling in the fall. “The United States will not be fully back, until we are fully back in school. And my union is all in,” Randi Weingarten, head of the American…

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