“The State of the Union is union strong,” AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler said after Democratic President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address this month.
This year, we’ve seen unprecedented engagement from the Biden administration, affording AFSA a significant seat at the policymaking table and the opportunity for regular input.
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.”
Chicago principals have said in the past that they often don’t have a say in their working conditions and have to pick up numerous tasks to keep their schools running.
Some 75% of education professionals say they would approve a proposal for a union in their workplace, according to an AFL-CIO survey of nonunion professionals.