The Washington Time: UDC faculty union affiliates with AFL-CIO
The University of the District of Columbia’s faculty joined the AFL-CIO yesterday, bringing nearly 200 local educators into the national labor federation.
The UDC Faculty Association became the second member of the National Education Association (NEA) to join the AFL-CIO and the first in the Washington area.
More than 165,000 AFL-CIO union members are in the metro region, including the 8,000-strong Washington Teachers’ Union, said regional officials from the AFL-CIO.
Last year, the AFL-CIO reorganized its constitution to allow local chapters of the NEA, the nation’s largest independent union, to become direct affiliates.
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