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In the spring of 2006, the National Education Association and the AFL-CIO signed the historic Labor Solidarity Partnership Agreement. Years in the making, this agreement allows NEA locals, such as the Columbus Education Association to affiliate directly with the national AFL-CIO, as well as join AFL-CIO labor councils and state labor federations.

Both the NEA and AFL-CIO are fiercely democratic, independent organizations that share a strong commitment to economic and social justice, resting on the foundation of high quality, universal public education. While the NEA comprises 3.2 million members in the field of education, the AFL-CIO’s nearly 9 million members are working men and women from every race, ethnicity and walk of life.As educators, we see the mounting effects of budget cuts, privatization of educational services, vouchers, proposed health care and pension restructuring. Legislation at the state and federal level amounts to nothing less than efforts to destroy our employee organizations. The officers and leadership of your Association wholeheartedly recommend voting to join the AFL-CIO Labor Solidarity Partnership Agreement later in the spring.

This entry was posted on Monday, February 11th, 2008 at 11:07 pm and is filed under AFL-CIO, Labor, Faculty Representatives, Member Events, CEA. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.