Another Major Union’s Staff Vents Anger Over Their Contract

The American Federation of Teachers, the country’s second-largest teacher’s union, is facing some labor strife of its own after some 150 of its staff members were nearly set to vote June 30 whether to walk off the job.

The AFT Staff Union and the AFT reached a tentative agreement on the eve of a planned strike vote, sources told Bloomberg Law. The deal potentially averts an ugly showdown between a progressive union and its dissatisfied unionized workforce.

“We have reached a tentative agreement which we believe is fair for everyone,” AFT President Randi Weingarten and AFTSU President Tim Shea said ...