Teachers Union President Says She Supports Vaccine Mandates
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Randi Weingarten of the American Federation of Teachers said the union had reconsidered its position that vaccinations should only be voluntary.
The president of a leading U.S. teachers union came out in support of vaccine mandates for teachers on Sunday. “As a matter of personal conscience, we need to be working with employers on vaccine mandates,” Randi Weingarten, head of the American Federation of Teachers, told Chuck Todd on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” The AFT represents 1.7 million members across the country and is the second-largest teachers union, after the National Education Association. Support from the union’s leadership could make it easier to implement requirements that teachers be vaccinated if they’re going to teach in-person.More Related News