WOMEN IN UNION LEADERSHIP
WHEREAS, the contributions of women to the trade union movement are long, honorable, and numerous; and
WHEREAS, the number and proportion of women in leadership in unions is not commensurate with their number:
RESOLVED, that all classroom teachers encourage and prepare their female students as well as male students to participate in unions in their adult working life, and to participate in leadership roles in their unions; and
RESOLVED, that the AFT and its local unions as a matter of policy encourage women members to seek office so that there will be substantially larger numbers of women in leadership positions; and
RESOLVED, that more women unionists who are our friends, neighbors, and colleagues be encouraged to assume union leadership; and
RESOLVED, that we encourage this position in our labor councils.
(1972)