Kerry Gets Teachers' Union Endorsement - 1.3 million members

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=694&ncid=703&e=4&u=/ap/20040204/ap_on_el_pr/kerry

BOSTON - John Kerry (news - web sites) took a break at home Wednesday but described a campaign "on the move" after winning five state elections that built his lead in delegates in the race to select the Democratic nominee for president.

After spending a day in Boston, Kerry planned to visit Maine and Michigan, which hold weekend elections. He had watched the results Tuesday night in Washington state, which chooses delegates Saturday.


On Wednesday, the American Federation of Teachers, the country's second-largest teachers' union, endorsed Kerry. AFT, which counts 1.3 million members, is the Massachusetts senator's largest union backer to date.


"At the heart of this campaign is our commitment to an America where the future is built on fairness for all, not privilege for the few," Kerry said during a noisy rally Tuesday night in Seattle.

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[Toronto Ron]

1. Disappointing

Disappointing, since Kerry voted for No Child Left Behind, which is an educational disaster and despised by every educator I know.

[redqueen]

2. Union bosses probably made the deicision

Isn't subverting the will of the people fun?

[PVnRT]

3. Yeah, no kidding

I can't understand why any teacher's union would endorse him after that - maybe they're just jumping on the bandwagon now.

[blm]

4. Maybe they trust him to change the bad parts?

Kerry's sister is a teacher and none were happy with the way NCLB turned out. They were looking forward to more funding though.

NCLB won't be around much longer. Certainly not in its present form. Count on it.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

5. Excellent

[mitchum]

6. A+

great news

[Jerseycoa]

7. Great endorsement for Kerry

This is one union I know from the inside and they deliver.

:toast:

[curse10]

8. This is a great endorsement!

Go Kerry! :-)