Six NEA Local Associations Affiliate with AFL-CIO

[Omaha Steve]

http://blog.aflcio.org/2008/03/05/six-nea-local-associations-affiliate-with-afl-cio/

by James Parks, Mar 5, 2008

The movement to provide quality education for our children grew stronger today when the AFL-CIO and the National Education Association (NEA) announced that six chapters of the California Teachers Association (CTA), the NEA’s state association, affiliated with the AFL-CIO.

The affiliation comes as part of a groundbreaking agreement between the AFL-CIO and NEA allowing for NEA local associations to affiliate directly with the AFL-CIO. The partnership is supported by the AFT, a longtime AFL-CIO affiliate. With the affiliations, there are now seven CTA associations affiliated with the AFL-CIO, more than in any other state.


From left: AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Richard Trumka; Executive Vice President Arlene Holt Baker; President John Sweeney; Jon Sherr, president, San Leandro Teachers’ Association; Sharon Cornu, executive secretary-treasurer, Alameda County Central Labor Council; and Dan Vaughn, secretary-treasurer, California Teachers Association.


At the AFL-CIO Executive Council meeting in San Diego today, AFL-CIO President John Sweeney presented certificates of affiliation to representatives of the affiliating associations. Says Sweeney:

Today’s affiliations will mean stronger schools and a greater voice for working people. As education cuts continue in Congress and across the country, working families are coming together to fight for quality public education for our children.

FULL story at link.