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==Notable Achievements==
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==Description==
  
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President since 2008 of American Federation of Teachers, which represents teachers; paraprofessionals and school-related personnel; higher education faculty and staff; nurses and other healthcare professionals; local, state and federal government employees; and early childhood educators.  Former president of the United Federation of Teachers, AFT Local 2 for 12 years.  First openly gay person to be elected to lead a national labor union in America.
  
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==Further Reading/Research==
  
==Description==
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* http://www.aft.org/about/leadership/president.cfm
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* http://www.huffingtonpost.com/randi-weingarten/
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* http://jwa.org/teach/livingthelegacy/biographies/weingarten-randi
  
President, American Federation of Teachers
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Revision as of 23:10, 7 September 2014

Randi Weingarten

Country

United States

Birth - Death

1957 -

Occupation

Activist

Description

President since 2008 of American Federation of Teachers, which represents teachers; paraprofessionals and school-related personnel; higher education faculty and staff; nurses and other healthcare professionals; local, state and federal government employees; and early childhood educators. Former president of the United Federation of Teachers, AFT Local 2 for 12 years. First openly gay person to be elected to lead a national labor union in America.

Further Reading/Research


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