The following piece is part of a column that Matt created for the American Federation of Teachers:
ABC’s of AFT
American Federation of Teachers (n.) –
An organization founded in 1916 that represents 1.5 million educators, health care professionals, librarians and public employees in 3,000 local affiliates nationwide. The second-largest education labor union in the United States, the AFT is affiliated with the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) and is currently headed by President Randi Weingarten, who was elected in 2008.