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What Next | Daily News and Analysis

What Does the Teachers Union Want?

What Next | Daily News and Analysis

Slate Podcasts

Daily News, News, News Commentary

4.32.4K Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2020

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Teachers unions are catching flack for obstructing a return to in-person school. The president of the American Federation of Teachers, Randi Weingarten, says teachers want to be in school. The question still is, can it be done safely?  Guest: Randi Weingarten, President of the American Federation of Teachers.  Slate Plus members get bonus segments and ad-free podcast feeds. Sign up now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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When I called a Brandy Wine Garden,

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the head of the American Federation of Teachers,

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I couldn't help but notice that every couple of minutes

0:42.0

our conversation would be interrupted by sirens.

0:49.0

I think what's happening is that in New York,

0:52.0

what you're starting to hear again, like we heard in March and April,

0:56.0

is an ampule in several minutes.

1:01.0

Randy lives just on the other side of the Bronx,

1:03.0

next to a big hospital run by Columbia University.

1:06.0

So, Uptown has a very, very high COVID rate right now.

1:12.0

The COVID rate, it was part of why I'd wanted to talk to Randy,

1:16.0

because in spite of those numbers ticking up,

1:19.0

many of the teachers she represents in New York City

1:22.0

returned to the classroom this week.

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