Joyce Wheeler American Federation of Teachers Papers circa 1980-1999

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Joyce Wheeler American Federation of Teachers Papers circa 1980-1999

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Joyce Wheeler was a member of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT). She was particularly active in the United Action Caucus, a rank and file organization within the AFT. Wheeler was also a participant in Local 340 of the AFT, known as the Baltimore Teachers Union (BTU), and in BTU's Teacher Unity Caucus. The collection consists of correspondence, newsletters, constitutions and other governing documents, convention resolutions and proceedings, flyers, and other materials collected and produced by a variety of teachers' organizations, especially the AFT and the United Action Caucus, AFT.

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Wheeler, Joyce

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Joyce Wheeler was a member of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), a national teachers' labor union founded in 1900. She was particularly active in the United Action Caucus (UAC), a rank and file organization within the AFT. The UAC took stands on various issues within the American educational system, supported progressive politics in general, and campaigned for internal democracy within the AFT. Members of the Communist Party USA are thought to have played an important role in the UAC. Wh...

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Joyce Wheeler was a member of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), a national teachers' labor union founded in 1900. She was particularly active in the United Action Caucus (UAC), a rank and file organization within the AFT. The UAC took stands on various issues within the American educational system, supported progressive politics in general, and campaigned for internal democracy within the AFT. Members of the Communist Party USA are thought to have played an important role in the UAC. Wh...

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Anne Filardo (1922-2010) was a guidance counselor and education activist. She was a member of the former Teachers' Union of the City of New York, many of whose leading activists were Communists. The Teachers Action Caucus (TAC), a rank and file opposition group formed within the New York City United Federation of Teachers (UFT) in 1968, was founded by members of the Teachers' Union (including Filardo, who served as chairperson) and younger teachers representing the New Left of the 1...