American Federation of Teachers - Obama Presidency Oral History Back American Federation of Teachers Index / Organizations Transcripts Randi Weingarten ...has served as president of the American Federation of Teachers [AFT] since 2008. She previously serve... ...the American Federation of Teachers [ AFT ] since 2008. She previously served a... ...when you were elected president of the American Federation of Teachers . I had the opportunity to read you... ...to read your keynote address at the AFT that year, and in the address, yo... ...in what ways you thought, at that time, AFT needed to change in order to continu... ...of disruption being—your constituency, AFT , being particularly engaged with idea... ...on education, and specifically in AFT 's role in trying to change th... ...Duncan spoke to an audience of AFT members in July of 2009, and I've rea... ...also mentioned that your position and AFT 's position also changed, and wa... ...persuaded you, and persuaded AFT to change your position, and— Well... ...that. And what we try to do as the AFT , what I've tried to do for ever... ...head of, whether it's the UFT or the AFT —is to actually take that soul o... Show more... Arne Duncan ...So you have two national unions, the AFT [American Federation of Teachers] an... ...you have two national unions, the AFT [ American Federation of Teachers ] and the NEA [National Educatio... Eric Waldo ...[National Education Association] and AFT [American Federation of Teachers] . W... ...Education Association] and AFT [ American Federation of Teachers ] . We were talking to civil right... Dennis Van Roekel ...to engage with NEA, but perhaps AFT [American Federation of Teachers] a... ...to engage with NEA, but perhaps AFT [ American Federation of Teachers ] as well, in order to arrive a... ...Educational Summit. NEA and AFT is a part of Education International... ...administration's help, and NEA and AFT and all of the other labor unio... ...the major unions within there. Not just AFT , because they were an education union... ...were the differences between NEA and AFT during the Obama years? How would yo... ...the Obama administration. NEA and AFT are organized fairly differently a... ...good. Randi Weingarten was president of AFT , that started the same year I did, an... ...of the unions, which included NEA and AFT . We did some collaboration an... ...the way we operated together, between AFT and NEA during the Obam... Show more... Neil Abercrombie ...at Mānoa] in 1970 and we charted the AFT , American Federation of Teachers, t... ...Mānoa] in 1970 and we charted the AFT, American Federation of Teachers , to start to organize the professor... Gretchen Stewart ...do endorse candidates. I believe the American Federation of Teachers was a quick and happy endorsement ther... Related Topics go to the Financial Reform and Regulation Financial Reform and Regulation go to the Veterans Veterans go to the Criminal Justice Criminal Justice go to the Labor Labor go to the Native America Native America