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AFT Resolution

EQUITY FOR FILIPINO VETERANS

RESOLVED, that the American Federation of Teachers go on record in support of the Filipino veterans who fought in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War and who were denied the benefits that American GIs received;

RESOLVED, that the AFT shall back the bills for equity that are pending in the state legislatures and in the U.S. Congress.

(1998)

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