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| Predecessor | American Federation of Teachers and Students |
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| Founded | April 15, 1916[1] |
| Headquarters | Washington, D.C. |
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Members | 1.7 million |
Key people | Randi Weingarten, president |
| Affiliations | AFL–CIO, Education International, Public Services International |
| Website | aft.org |
The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) is the second largest teacher's labor union in America (the largest being the National Education Association). The union was founded in Chicago. John Dewey and Margaret Haley were founders.[2][3][4][5]
About 60 percent of AFT's membership works directly in education, with the remainder of the union's members composed of paraprofessionals and school-related personnel; local, state and federal employees; higher education faculty and staff, and nurses and other healthcare professionals.[6] The AFT has, since its founding, affiliated with trade union federations: until 1955 the American Federation of Labor, and now the AFL–CIO.
- ^ Report of the Commissioner of Education Made to the Secretary of the Interior for the Year. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1918. p. 107.
- ^ Martin, David Jerner; Loomis, Kimberly S. (June 25, 2013). Building Teachers: A Constructivist Approach to Introducing Education. Cengage Learning. ISBN 9781285530116.
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- ^ Lasley, II, Thomas J.; Hunt, Thomas C. (2010). Encyclopedia of Educational Reform and Dissent. SAGE. p. 56. ISBN 9781412956642.
- ^ Golodner, Daniel (2006). "Margaret Haley (1861–1939)". In Cayton, Andrew R.L.; Sisson, Richard; Zacher, Chris (eds.). The American Midwest: An Interpretive Encyclopedia. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 1332. ISBN 978-0-253-34886-9.
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