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 * Name :** **Randi Weingarten**


 * basic work:** president of the United Federation of Teachers, the nation's largest union local representing 201,486 men and women.She is also a vice-president of the American Federation of Teachers and of the New York City Central Labor Council (AFL-CIO) and heads the city’s Municipal Labor Committee (MLC), an umbrella organization for 100-plus city unions.


 * Key work:** Weingarten and the UFT have fought to make sure teachers are treated with respect and dignity, have a voice in the education of their students and are given the resources they need to succeed in the classroom. Weingarten has promoted the professional growth of teachers and other educators through more than 350 school-based UFT Teacher Center sites.Weingarten sees her role as an advocate for students as well as for union members.


 * How or why a mover:** She would be concidered a mover because she has dedicated her life to making schools a better place for the students, parents and the teachers. Her passion as leader of America’s largest union local is to make every school a place where parents want to send their children and educators want to work.