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==Country==
 
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Activist
 
Activist
  
==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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==See Also==
  
==Description==
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* [[Union Leaders Who Identify as LGBTQ]]
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* [[School Teachers, Researchers and Education Staff Who Identify as LGBTQ]]
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==Further Reading/Research==
  
President, American Federation of Teachers
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* http://www.aft.org/about/leadership/randi-weingarten
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* http://www.huffingtonpost.com/randi-weingarten/
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* http://jwa.org/teach/livingthelegacy/biographies/weingarten-randi

Latest revision as of 22:42, 13 December 2020

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.

See Also

Further Reading/Research