American Federation of Teachers (AFT)

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The American Federation of Teachers was founded in 1916 to represent the economic, social and professional interests of classroom teachers. Five divisions within the organization represent the broad spectrum of AFT's membership: teachers; paraprofessionals and school-related personnel; local, state and federal employees; higher education faculty and staff; and nurses and other healthcare professionals. In addition, the union includes more than 170,000 retiree members. Many well-known Americans have been AFT members, including John Dewey, Albert Einstein, Hubert Humphrey, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Frank McCourt, Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel, former Senate Majority Leader and Ambassador to Japan Mike Mansfield, and former United Nations Under Secretary and Nobel Peace Prize winner Ralph Bunche.

The AFT quick link returns all content that has been tagged AFT, which currently contains collection abstracts, audio files, selected speeches and images. Please note the pager at the bottom of this page. Your main contact at the Reuther is Dan Golodner - American Federation of Teachers Archivist (AFT).

For additional information about AFT please visit the American Federation of Teachers Web site.
Anthony Kaiser PapersAbstracts
Charles F. Kincaid PapersAbstracts
Lamphere Federation of Teachers Local 1614 RecordsAbstracts
Lily Lampinen PapersAbstracts
Layle Lane Papers Abstracts
Abraham Lefkowitz PapersAbstracts
Henry Richardson Linville PapersAbstracts
Gabriel R. Mason PapersAbstracts
Isadore Miles PapersAbstracts
Jewel Mills PapersAbstracts
Mercedes Nelson PapersAbstracts
Oregon Federation of Teachers RecordsAbstracts
Dolores Paskal PapersAbstracts
Raymond Peck PapersAbstracts
Helen and Mardy Polaner PapersAbstracts
Ray Howe PapersAbstracts
Richard Reist PapersAbstracts
Herrick S. Roth PapersAbstracts
Albert Shanker PapersAbstracts
William Simons PapersAbstracts
Ernest Smith PapersAbstracts
Stanton and Nancy Smith PapersAbstracts
Marjorie Stern Papers, Part I & IIAbstracts
Manilla Topdahl PapersAbstracts
Truda Weil PapersAbstracts
Mary R. Wheeler PapersAbstracts
Workers’ Education Local 189 RecordsAbstracts
Holgate Young PapersAbstracts
2010: The Reuther Year in ReviewBlog entry
Digital Collection Announcement: Antecedents to Education Reform Historical CollectionBlog entry
Fieldwork with the AFT archivistBlog entry
Subject Focus: Women in Labor UnionsBlog entry
Albert Shanker, imprisonment, vigilImage
A call to action, pamphletImage
Albert Shanker, Bayard RustinImage
Albert Shanker, imprisonment, New York CItyImage
Albert Shanker, New York City, New YorkImage
American Federation of Labor Certificate of AffiliationImage
American Federation of Teachers (AFT), delegates, officersImage
Cartoon, Al ShankerImage
Charlie CogenImage
Chicago Teachers' Union (CTU), demonstration, Chicago, IllinoisImage
Detroit Federation of Teachers (DFT), collective barganing, Detroit, MichiganImage
Fifth AFT Convention, St. Paul, MinnesotaImage
Henry LinvilleImage
Local 1352 strike, San Francisco, CaliforniaImage
Margaret HaleyImage
Mary BarkerImage
Mary Ellen Riordan, David Selden, Detroit, MichiganImage
Nurses strike, Bob Porter, New JerseyImage
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