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Teachers’ union head arrested while protesting closing of 23 Philadelphia schools
The president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), Randi Weingarten, was arrested on Thursday night in Philadelphia while protesting the closing of 23 local schools. “This was really a plan to eliminate public education,” Weingarten told The Huffington Post after being released Thursday. “This is not about how to…
US unions vow to fight Republican attacks
DETROIT, Michigan – Embattled US union leaders met here Thursday and cast themselves as the defenders of the middle class, vowing to fight Republican attacks on teachers and government workers. “There’s a new generation of ideologues — I don’t even want to call them Republicans — out there that want…
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