AFT President Issues Statement on New Union Membership Data
January 19, 2018
January 19, 2018
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 -- The American Federation of Teachers issued the following statement by President Randi Weingarten responding to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' release of 2017 union membership data:
"Workers are joining together in unions because they want a voice in an economy and political system that they understand is increasingly rigged against them.
"Unions give workers the power to negotiate for higher wages and better learning, working and . . .
"Workers are joining together in unions because they want a voice in an economy and political system that they understand is increasingly rigged against them.
"Unions give workers the power to negotiate for higher wages and better learning, working and . . .