New York: Teachers’ Union President to Step Down; New Yorker Is Seen as Successor

by E Wayne Ross on February 13, 2008

The New York Times: Teachers’ Union President to Step Down; New Yorker Is Seen as Successor

Edward J. McElroy, the president of the American Federation of Teachers, announced Tuesday that he would step down in the summer, a move widely expected to put Randi Weingarten, the president of the teachers’ union in New York City, in line to succeed him.