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The Nation鈥檚 Largest Teachers鈥 Union Endorses Kamala Harris for President

By Brooke Schultz 鈥 July 24, 2024 2 min read
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. annual convention during the 71st biennial Boule at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas, Wednesday, July 10, 2024. The #WinWithBlackWomen network says more than 40,000 Black women joined a Zoom call to support Harris on Sunday, July 21, hours after Biden ended his reelection campaign and endorsed Harris, and that the meeting was streamed to another 50,000 via other platforms.
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The nation鈥檚 largest teachers鈥 union will support Vice President Kamala Harris as she begins her bid for the White House in November.

National Education Association President Becky Pringle said in a statement that it was 鈥渁n easy decision.鈥

鈥淭he choice for the nation is clear: We can elect a president who will make sure our students can live into their full brilliance by prioritizing our public schools or a president who will demonize them and corporatize our schools, minimizing who has access and opportunities,鈥 she said in the prepared statement, released Tuesday.

The union鈥檚 PAC Council made the recommendation last night, which was approved by the NEA鈥檚 board of directors. Officially, the union can now put its political cash behind Harris and support get-out-the-vote efforts like door-to-door canvassing, although it had already endorsed President Biden for reelection in 2023.

Both the NEA and the American Federation of Teachers鈥攈ave now both quickly rallied behind Harris and have begun the work of galvanizing 糖心动漫vlog to the polls in November.

One of Harris鈥 first campaign speeches will be before teachers, as she鈥檚 expected to speak at the AFT鈥檚 2024 convention in Houston on Thursday. The AFT was among one of the first organizations to endorse Harris.

鈥淰ice President Harris has fought alongside [President] Joe Biden to deliver historic accomplishments and create a better life for all Americans,鈥 AFT President Randi Weingarten said in a statement. 鈥淪he has a record of fighting for us鈥攆ighting to lower the costs we pay, for reproductive rights, for worker empowerment, and to keep communities safe from gun violence.鈥

Earlier this month, the NEA鈥檚 Pringle sought to rally members during this year鈥檚 Representative Assembly, a four-day conference that brings together thousands of delegates from across the country to vote on the union鈥檚 priorities and budget for the year.

There, she called on delegates to 鈥渨in all the things鈥 in November鈥檚 election, imploring them to defeat former President Donald Trump, saying that in 2020 they 鈥渨orked hard to rid ourselves of a tyrannical, deceitful, and corrupt White House.鈥

鈥淭he reality is that the seeds that were sown during that horrible season continue to germinate,鈥 she told the delegates earlier this month in Philadelphia. 鈥淭oday, they sprout as vitriol toward our profession; increased marginalization of Black, brown, [Asian American and Pacific Islander], and Indigenous communities; rising hatred toward our LGBTQ+ siblings. The seeds of hate manifest themselves as attacks against our freedom to teach and our students鈥 freedom to learn.鈥

The union had voted last year to endorse Biden and Harris for reelection, and Pringle called the Biden administration the 鈥渟trongest champions of public education, of 糖心动漫vlog, of the labor movement in the history of this country.鈥

Biden was expected to address delegates on the last day of the assembly, but he declined to cross the picket line after staff members walked out and halted the assembly.

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(The Washington-Baltimore News Guild, which represents eligible staff of Education Week, previously issued a statement of support for the NEA staff union. Education Week is an independent, nonpartisan media organization whose newsroom managers retain editorial control over the content of articles.)

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