Interest Groups

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The United Federation of Teachers (Link)






The United Federation of Teachers consists of approximately 200,000 members which include mostly educational and healthcare professionals. The UFT advocates for fair and competitive salaries, enhanced professionalism and improving working conditions. This union also supports legislation and policies that promote educational equity, the closing of the achievement gap and assurance to the community and parents on school governance. The UFT believes in decreasing classroom sizes and overcrowding, raising academic standards, promoting safer schools, and increasing parent involvement in school.


1199SEIU (Link)










1199SEIU is comprised of healthcare workers working in hospitals, home-care, nursing homes, and other health care facilities. We are dedicated to improving the lives of our members as well as our patients. We promote quality universal health care, living wage laws, and justice for immigrants. 1199SEIU endorses the democratic candidates. 



ACL-CIO (Link)







The American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) works to ensure equality among people and supports the DREAM Act, which allows children who immigrated into the US to become citizens. This allows children who came to the US with their parents when they were very young to become citizens in order to go to college with financial aid and scholarships. With more than 146,000 students illegible for financial aid or scholarships, the DREAM Act shines a bright future on children of immigrants.  


The Planned Parenthood Action Fund (Link)











The Planned Parenthood Action Fund is a national nonpartisan not-for-profit organization that backs the Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA). The Action Fund participates in educational and political activity, such as advocating legislation, encouraging voter education, and promoting the Planned Parenthood mission. The mission focuses on ensuring access to comprehensive and affordable reproductive health care for all. Planned Parenthood also advocates for effective education and prevention policies, protects a woman’s right to choose, and challenges government interference in personal decisions involving women and their families.



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