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Bookmark or Share- AFT - American Federation of Teachers - A Union of ProfessionalsNews. The American Federation of Teachers executive council, the body representing the union’s 1.72 million educators, higher education professionals, healthcare workers and public employees, unanimously adopted an omnibus statement addressing the war in the Middle East and its impact on the United States. Read more.
- The Rise of Teachers’ Unions - JSTOR DailyAs unionization in the private sector declines, teachers and other public-sector employees are often the most visible representatives of the modern labor movement. There were 400,000 members of public employee unions in the U.S. By the 1970s, the number had risen tenfold, to more than 4 million.
- How Strong Are U.S. Teacher Unions? A State-By-State ComparisonThis timely study represents the most comprehensive analysis of American teacher unions’ strength ever conducted, ranking all fifty states and the District of Columbia according to the power and influence of their state-level unions.
- 15 Most Powerful Teachers’ Unions in the United StatesTeachers’ unions represent the more than 3.2 million full-time teachers in more than 130,000 K-12 schools across the United States. The largest union, the National Education Association (NEA), has 3 million members. About 70% of teachers belong to a teachers’ union. Unions have influence:
- How Teachers Unions Became a Political PowerhouseBecause teachers unions are almost always more politically powerful than their opponents, elected officials have strong incentives to pay attention to union demands. To assess how power translates into policy, Hartney provides a “scorecard” of the consequences of teachers union political activity.
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