american federation of teachers
American Federation of Teachers
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Site: aft.org
The American Federation of Teachers was founded in 1916 to represent the economic, social and professional interests of classroom teachers. It is an affiliated international union of the AFL CIO... The AFT has more than 3,000 local affiliates nationwide, 43 state affiliates, and more than 1.3 million members.
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How the SPLC "Trump Effect" report is deceptive ("hate" in schools) - 12/06/16
On November 28, the Southern Poverty Law Center released the deceptive report "The Trump Effect: The Impact of The 2016 Presidential Election on Our Nation's Schools" [1]. Their summary of the report:
Some questioners at Obama town hall were plants (SEIU, donors, etc.) - 03/27/09
At yesterday's Barack Obama town hall meeting, some of those who asked questions live at the event - as distinguished from those who submitted questions online - were plants with connections to the White House or other Beltway establishments. Garance Franke Ruta of the Washington Post says:
the five fully identified questioners called on randomly by the president in the East Room were anything but a diverse lot. They included: a member of the pro-Obama Service Employees International Union, a member of the Democratic National Committee who campaigned for Obama among Hispanics during the...