The opening of San Francisco’s Alice Fong Yu Alternative School (AFY) in 1995 “was a victory for the whole community,” according to its firebrand founding principal, Liana Szeto.
Since 2020, 11 new union locals have joined the American Federation of School Administrators, which now represents some 25,000 school and district leaders in 150 chapters across the country.
The annual ranking spotlights union chiefs who have secured major victories—whether through new contracts, legislation, or organizing wins—and those who have successfully guided members through challenging times.
At 8 years old, his whole life changed, recalls Jeffrey Thomas, Career and Technical Education Operations Specialist at the San Diego Unified School District.
Workers depend on NIOSH to prevent illness, injury and death on the job,” the AFL-CIO said in a statement. “Without this research, more workers will get sick, more workers will be injured, and more workers will die.
Proclaiming Labor Day 2025 unlike any other “in the history of our movement and our country,” AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler reports that workers nationwide are asking her “Why is my future being rip
