Sources: AmericanFederation of teachers; interviews withelementary and middle school teachers in California, Connecticut, Georgia, Iowa, Minnesota, New York, andTexas.
Randi Weingarten of the American Federation of Teachers said the plan appears to place all the responsibility on teachers, but gives them "zero percent authority."
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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.