AFT convention July 27
AFT president Randi Weingarten spoke today and was fired up. She said 2 things are responsible for growth in America - unions and public education. She announced a new approach by AFT to unionism which she is calling 'Solutions Driven Unionism'. She says we need to focus on solving problems instead of winning arguments.
Randi also said "threatening our rights doesn't curb the hunger for a voice in the workplace".
Randi announced AFT has 79 new units in 18 states.
Cincinnati is ranked #13 out of 600 districts in Ohio and has made consistent gains since 2005.
She talked about Chicago, where 92% of the members voted in the recent strike vote and 98% of them voted to strike.
Randi said doing what's best for kids should always carry more weight than the wishes of millionaires who wouldn't survive 10 minutes in a public school classroom.
She also reminded us that Romney said he'd use a club to fight unions. He wants to wipe us off the map. And he said "Let Detroit go bankrupt."
At lunchtime, several hundred AFT delegates boarded buses and went to a rally in support of Detroit teachers, who are in tough contract negotiations with the Detroit School District.
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