The National Education Association (NEA) is the largest labor union in the United States. It represents public school teachers and other support personnel,faculty and staffers at colleges and universities,retired educators,and college students preparing to become teachers. The NEA has just under 3 million members and is headquartered in Washington,D.C. The NEA had a budget of more than $341 million for the 2012–2013 fiscal year. Becky Pringle is the NEA's current president.
The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) is the second largest teacher's labor union in America. The union was founded in Chicago. John Dewey and Margaret Haley were founders.
Education International (EI) is a global union federation (GUF) of teachers' trade unions consisting of 401 member organizations in 172 countries and territories that represents over 30 million education personnel from pre-school through university. It is one of the world's largest sectoral global union federations.
Education Minnesota is an American trade union representing pre-K to 12 education teachers,school support staff and higher education faculty in Minnesota. It is affiliated with both the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT),and is affiliated with the AFL-CIO.
Albert Shanker was president of the United Federation of Teachers from 1964 to 1985 and president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) from 1974 to 1997.
Thomas Reilly Donahue Jr. was an American trade union leader who served as Secretary-Treasurer of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations from 1979 to 1995,interim president for several months in 1995,and was President Emeritus from 1996 until his death. He was considered one of the most influential leaders of the post-World War II American trade union movement.
Sandra Feldman was an American educator and labor leader who served as president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) from 1997 to 2004.
New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) is a 600,000-member New York state teachers union,affiliated since 2006 with the American Federation of Teachers (AFT),the AFL–CIO,and the National Education Association (NEA). NYSUT is an umbrella group which provides services to local affiliates in New York state;lobbies on the local,state and federal level;conducts research;and organizes new members.
Edward J. McElroy,Jr. is an American teacher and labor union leader. He was president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) from 2004 to 2008,and an AFL-CIO vice president from 2001 to 2008.
David Selden was an American activist who led the American Federation of Teachers from 1968 through 1974.
The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights,formerly called the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights,is an umbrella group of American civil rights interest groups.
Tom Mooney was an American labor leader and public school teacher.
The Ohio Federation of Teachers (OFT) is a statewide federation of unions in Ohio,affiliated with the American Federation of Teachers (AFT),AFL–CIO.
The Montana Federation of Public Employees(MFPE) is a Montana labor union. Its 23,000 members make it the largest union in the state.
The Florida Education Association (FEA) is a statewide federation of teacher and education workers' labor unions in the US state of Florida. Its 145,000 members make it the largest union in the state. It is a merged affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the National Education Association (NEA),and is a member of the AFL–CIO.
Nat LaCour was an American labor union leader and teacher. From 1971 to 1998,he was president of United Teachers of New Orleans (UTNO),American Federation of Teachers Local 527,the longest serving president in the local's history. Under his leadership,UTNO became the largest teachers union in the Deep South,eventually representing more than 7000 teachers,paraprofessionals,school secretaries,and administrative clericals.
The Albert Shanker Institute (ASI) is a nonprofit,nonpartisan organization dedicated to three themes:excellence in public education,unions as advocates for quality,and freedom of association in the public life of democracies. Its mission is to generate ideas,foster candid exchanges,and promote constructive policy proposals related to these issues. Toward these ends,ASI conducts original research,sponsors research,and organizes conferences and conversations in its three theme areas.
The Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA) is a nonprofit,nonpartisan Latino organization affiliated with the AFL-CIO and the Change to Win federation. It was founded in 1972 to provide Latino trade union members in the United States with a more effective voice within the AFL-CIO,to encourage Latino participation in the democratic process,and to encourage the organization of Latino workers into labor unions.
The Department for Professional Employees,AFL–CIO (DPE) is a semi-autonomous "trade" department of the AFL–CIO,and serves as an advocate for professional workers within the federation,and before legislative bodies,the press and the public.
Tom Dooher is a teacher and labor union activist in the United States,and former president of the 70,000-member teachers union,Education Minnesota,AFT,NEA,AFL-CIO.
