America’s largest union, the National Education Association, has this evening endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden for President of the United States.
The National Education Association announced Saturday that it is backing Joe Biden for president, handing the Democratic frontrunner a prized endorsement ahead of Tuesday’s big-state primaries as he aims to wipe out his last remaining major opponent, Sen. Bernie Sanders.
Lily Eskelsen García, president of the 3 million-member teachers union, praised the former vice president as a “tireless advocate for public education" who understands the nation’s “moral responsibility to provide a great neighborhood public school for every student in every ZIP code.” The NEA is the nation's largest labor union.
This is the teacher’s union, and the largest union in the country. Its three million members are predominantly women.
The union endorsement precedes Democratic primaries next Tuesday in Arizona, Ohio, Florida and Illinois.
In her statement, [union president] Eskelsen García also lauded Biden’s support for better pay for teachers and increasing funding for support staff and paraprofessionals.
“And Biden will fire Betsy DeVos and replace her with an education secretary who comes from a public school classroom and believes that educators must have a seat at the table when crafting education policy,” she said.
That would be a good result for millions of American children.