Labor Unions (Page 18)


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    Washington Teachers Union (WTU)

    The Washington Teachers Union is the labor union representing District of Columbia Public Schools teachers. The union is affiliated with the American Federation of Teachers, the national left-leaning teacher union conglomerate, and is identified as AFT Local 6. The union is a powerful political force within the far-left local
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    West Virginia Education Association

    The West Virginia Education Association is a left-of-center teachers’ union representing teachers throughout the state of West Virginia. It conducts legislative lobbying and other activities and claims to represent 10,000 of the state’s roughly 20,000 K-12 public school teachers. The group is the state-level affiliate of the National Education
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    Wisconsin Education Association Council

    Wisconsin Education Association Council (WEAC) is a left-of-center teachers’ union representing teachers and other public-school employees in Wisconsin. The union was formed in the 1970s and is an affiliate of the National Education Association, the nation’s largest teachers union. The union frequently advocates for left-leaning policies in Wisconsin. The
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    Wisconsin Farmers Union (WFU)

    Wisconsin Farmers Union (WFU) is a union representing 2,200 families and 28 local chapters. 46 WFU is a member of the National Farmers Union. WFU supports left-of-center political positions, including a variety of subsidies
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    Workers Organizing Committee of Chicago (WOCC)

    The Workers Organizing Committee of Chicago (WOCC) is a labor union that seeks to organize fast food workers and advocates for a $15 minimum wage as part of the “Fight for $15” movement. Connections to SEUI HCII For more information, see SEIU Healthcare Indiana and Illinois (Labor Union)
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    Workers United

    Workers United, SEIU is a labor union and division of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) that was founded in 2009 as a result of the dissolution of the merged labor union Unite Here. In March 2009, fifteen regional joint boards of Unite Here voted to leave the
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    Workers Uniting

    Workers Uniting is a union partnership with more than three million members in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and Ireland. 101 Workers Uniting is decentralized and operates as a loose umbrella unifying two
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    Working America

    Also see Working America Education Fund (nonprofit) Working America is the “community affiliate” of the AFL-CIO, focusing on advocacy for and community organizing of non-union members. The group, founded in 2003, claims more than 3 million members, though as few as 15 percent may pay the $5 annual
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    Writers Guild of America, East (WGA East)

    The Writers Guild of America East (WGA East) is one of two major labor unions representing writers and other staff working in the film, television, news, and other media industries. Along with its partner organization, the Writers Guild of America West (WGA West), WGA East has taken the lead
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    Writers Guild of America, West

    Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) is a labor union composed of thousands of writers for television shows, news programs, documentaries, animation, video games, news media, theatrical motion pictures, and other related industries.
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    Wyoming Education Association (WEA)

    The Wyoming Education Association (WEA) is a left-of-center association of public schoolteachers in Wyoming. The group is effectively the state’s teachers’ union, although it does not collectively bargain on behalf of teachers in the state. The union does, however, have affiliated local unions that negotiate with school districts. The union