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.
Thomas Kuroski, president of the Newtown Federation of Teachers, didn't return calls seeking comment.
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.
He and United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew noted that the city has ended recent years with surpluses.
The American Federation of Teachers reports it has lost 6, 000 of 17, 000 members.
Gayle Fallon, head of the Houston Federation of Teachers, says the Arnolds are misguided in their relentless pursuit of data.
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Among Ms. Black's biggest challenges upon arrival will be hammering out a new teacher's contract with the United Federation of Teachers.
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.
The United Federation of Teachers said it was reviewing the memo.
Academic achievement can never be separated from academic integrity, which is why the Georgia Federation of Teachers was the first whistle-blower to expose Atlanta testing irregularities.
Both sides said that after a tense night of negotiations, Department of Education officials left the United Federation of Teachers' lower Manhattan headquarters at 3 a.m.
Michael Mulgrew, president of the United Federation of Teachers, said the union has approached both Mr. Walcott and his predecessor to propose buyouts but were brushed back.
The United Federation of Teachers opposed New York City's recent release of teacher rankings, saying the data were part of a pilot project and contained unreliable information.
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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"The recession has a lot to do with whether people would leave as willingly as they would before, " said Michael Mulgrew, the president of the United Federation of Teachers.
It was incredibly rewarding work, and those 28 years provided experiences that have served me well in my present role as president of the New Haven Federation of Teachers.
If enacted, it would mark a substantial step for the nation's largest public-school district, where the United Federation of Teachers has opposed Mayor Michael Bloomberg's efforts to introduce merit pay.
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.
Separately, the city and the United Federation of Teachers said they agreed on a process for teachers to contest a poor rating, which had been a major sticking point in talks.
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.
Michael Mulgrew, president of the United Federation of Teachers, said he welcomed the involvement of the governor, who has been more of an ally to the union than Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
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 schools lost that increase from last year because the United Federation of Teachers union and Mayor Michael Bloomberg failed to agree to a teacher evaluation system by a deadline set in state law.
The Detroit Federation of Teachers, which enjoys rich pay packages (corrected for purchasing power, Michigan teachers are the best paid in the nation, reported the Mackinac Center for Policy Policy), would do the UAW proud.
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On March 7, the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers, students, parents, labor allies and community leaders will rally at the School District of Philadelphia to protest planned cuts to teacher contracts in the City.
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.
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