Teachers’ union endorses Clinton’s 2016 presidential bid

The executive committee said in a news release that it had voted overwhelmingly to endorse her. The AFT is the first national union to endorse a candidate in the Democratic primaries.

Clinton, the favourite to secure the Democratic Party’s nomination for the November 2016 decision, endeavors the wedding speech to stipulate the industrial principles underpinning her promotion, through which the woman garanteed becoming a promote for “day-to-day Americans”. “Hillary Clinton is a tested leader who shares our values, is supported by our members, and is prepared for a tough fight on behalf of students, families and communities”. Bernie Sanders. But while Sanders has deep ties with some unions, the AFT and its president have always been close to Clinton. In 2008, when its member unions were split between Clinton and Obama, it backed Obama only when it became clear he was going to be the Democratic nominee.

Scott Olson/Getty Images Sen. But she has historically supported early-childhood education, and she has been critical of the No Child Left Behind Act’s emphasis on standardized testing, positions that align well with the AFT’s. “I’m honored to have the support of the AFT’s members and leaders, and I’m proud to stand with them to unleash the potential of every American,”.

Weingarten and Clinton are long-time friends and allies.

The Times report said campaign aides offered a preview of Clinton’s speech, but didn’t want to be named because they hadn’t been authorized to disclose the information.

The ex- Secretary of State has yet to take sides on some major disagreements within the education world that have split Democrats in recent year, specifically issues surrounding charter schools. At the same time, some in education have argued for weaker union contracts.

Clinton struck a particularly sympathetic tone in her meeting at the NEA, telling the union that people are “dead wrong to make teachers scapegoats for all of society’s problems”.

Speaking at a historically progressive university in New York City, Clinton will say the size of the USA economy is best increased by policies that directly enrich the middle class, not by allowing wealth to accumulate among the richest few, according to an overview of the speech provided by her campaign and interviews with advisers.