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 383 member organizations in 178 countries and territories that represents over 32 million education teachers and education support 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.
The Philadelphia High School for Girls,also known as Girls' High,is a public college preparatory magnet high school for girls in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Lily Eskelsen García is an American teacher and labor union leader. She served as president of the National Education Association from 2014 to 2020.
Elizabeth Duncan Koontz was an American figure in education,civil rights and the women's movement. She was the first African-American president of the National Education Association and director of the United States Department of Labor Women's Bureau.
Becky Williams is a Union activist and the current president of SEIU District 1199,which represents more than 35,000 health care,social service and public sector workers across Ohio,West Virginia,and Kentucky. Williams is the first woman president of SEIU District 1199.
Karen Lewis was an American educator and labor leader who served as president of the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU),Chicago's division of the American Federation of Teachers,from 2010 to 2014. For nearly 20 years before becoming president of the teachers union,she was a high school chemistry teacher.
Jacqueline Barbara Vaughn was an American Chicago Public Schools special education teacher and labor leader. Vaughn is noted as the first African-American and first woman to serve as president of the Chicago Teachers Union,the nation's third largest teachers union local from August 1984 until her death in January 1994.
Kate Frank was a Missouri-born,Oklahoma teacher who taught for nearly 50 years. She was instrumental in the founding of the Oklahoma Education Association,served as its first president,and later,donated the initial monies for the trust that became a legal defense fund for educators. She served as vice president of the National Education Association in the 1940s and was the first national Retired Teacher of the Year recipient. Honored by many awards,she was inducted into the Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame in 1983.
Moffie Funk is an American politician serving as a Democratic member of the Montana House of Representatives for District 82,focusing on education,labor,and economy in the legislature. In 2014,she was named the Montana History Teacher of the Year.
Jahana Hayes is an American educator and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Connecticut's 5th congressional district since 2019. The district,once represented by U.S. Senator Chris Murphy,comprises much of the state's northwestern portion,including New Britain,Danbury,and Waterbury. A member of the Democratic Party,Hayes is the first Black woman and Black Democrat to represent Connecticut in Congress.
Katherine Gilmore Richardson is a Democratic politician and at-large member of the Philadelphia City Council. Gilmore Richardson was first elected to an at-large seat in 2019,becoming the youngest Black woman to serve on the city council. On January 2,2024,she became both the youngest ever and the first At-Large member elected to serve as Majority Leader.
Isaiah Thomas Sr. is a Democratic politician and At-Large member of Philadelphia City Council. He was born to a family of 10 children from the East Oak Lane neighborhood of Philadelphia. He attended Frankford High School,Pennsylvania State University and Lincoln University. He was first elected to an At-Large seat on Philadelphia City Council in 2019. Thomas was re-elected to a second term with the highest votes in the 2023 primary and general elections. He assumed office January 2,2024 and was elected by fellow members to serve as Majority Whip.
Waurine Elizabeth Walker was an American educator based in Texas. She was elected president of the National Education Association in 1954.
