The recommendations were criticised by the American Federation of Teachers, which represents 1.5 million teachers.
The American Federation of Teachers, the more reform-minded of America's two main teachers' unions, has lambasted the proposal.
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The dead one is Al Shanker, the president of the American Federation of Teachers from 1974 to 1997.
The American Federation of Teachers reports it has lost 6, 000 of 17, 000 members.
Look, for example, at the way the head of the second-largest union, Randi Weingarten of the American Federation of Teachers, rationalized the unethical behavior.
Elected to head the American Federation of Teachers in 2008, Weingarten has systematically worked to put her organization on the right side of the school reform wars.
Most New Yorkers agree that mayoral control should continue, even Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, the second biggest teacher's union in the country.
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Clinton has the support of many public sector unions, including the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Union, the American Federation of Teachers and the United Farm Workers.
In Wisconsin, where Gov. Scott Walker made it easier for employees to opt out of state government unions, the American Federation of Teachers lost over a third of its members last year.
That's the remarkable story that emerged this week as the American Federation of Teachers president tried to sandbag hedge fund investor Dan Loeb at a conference sponsored by the Council of Institutional Investors.
The American Federation of Teachers, one of the nation's largest teachers' unions, even complained about President Obama after the chief executive referenced the Rhode Island firings and praised the school district for taking the action.
In developing MET, we have worked closely with Randi Weingarten, the president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), and we have seen both the AFT and the National Education Association show a willingness to rethink evaluation systems.
Working against Walker are unions like AFSCME, the American Federation of Teachers, the National Education Association and the Service Employees International Union, which have also steered millions of dollars to the state in their efforts to unseat the governor.
That last figure was supplied by the American Federation of Teachers, and it may be a little low, but it is undeniable that more than half the teaching in American colleges is done by contingent faculty (that is, adjuncts) like Professor X.
He also got the support of the Service Employees International Union, the Illinois Federation of Teachers, the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
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