AFT welcomes international guests

AFT regularly collaborates with international unions to ensure that high-quality education and social justice are accessible for everyone, in every country around the world. This year we welcome 20 international labor organizations to convention.

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Education International (EI)

SUSAN HOPGOOD
President

FRED VAN LEEUWEN
General Secretary

EI Expo—Communications Unit

Claude Carroue
Communications Officer

Helena Schulz
Communications Officer

CANADA

Association of Canadian Financial Officers 

DANY RICHARD
Executive Vice President

JOE BOUGHNER
Director of Communications

CHILE

Colegio de Profesores de Chile

JAIME GAJARDO ORELLANA
President

EL SALVADOR
Asociación Nacional de Educadores Salvadoreños

ISRAEL MONTANO OSORIO
General Secretary

GERMANY

Gewerkschaft Erziehung und Wissenschaft

UWE PREUSS
Editor, Member Journal

IRELAND

Teachers’ Union of Ireland

JOHN MacGABHANN
General Secretary

ISRAEL

Knesset (Parliament)

STAV SHAFFIR
Member of Parliament

Hand in Hand

SHULI DICHTER
Executive Director

INAS DEEB
Director of Education

Israel Teachers Union

ZIPI DVIR
International Officer

Union of Clerical, Administrative and Public Service Employees (UCAPSE)

ARNON BAR-DAVID
Chairman

GIL BAR-TAL
Head of Local Authorities Employees Division

KENYA

Kenya National Union of Teachers

WILSON SOSSION
President

JOHN OMAMBIA MATIANG’L
National Treasurer

MEXICO

Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación

ELPIDIO YÁÑEZ RUBIO
Secretary General, Section 16 Jalisco

MARIA ELENA ALCUDIA GIL
Secretary General, Section 29 Tabasco

JOSEFINA GONZÁLEZ LUNA
Director, Benito Juárez Publishing House

MARIA ANTONIETA GARCÍA LASCURAIN
Coordinator, International Relations

NIGERIA

Nigeria Union of Teachers

MICHAEL OLUKOYA ALOGBA *
President

PHILIPPINES

Public Service Labor Independent Confederation

ANNIE ENRIQUEZ GERON **
General Secretary

POLAND

Polish Teachers’ Union

SLAWOMIR BRONIARZ *
President

PORTUGAL

National Federation of Teachers

MANUELA MEDONCA *
International Secretary

REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA

Educators and Scientists Free Trade Union of Georgia

MAIA KOBAKHIDZE
President

MARI ALUGISHVILI
Executive Vice President

SOUTH AFRICA

South African Democratic Teachers Union

MUGWENA MALULEKE *
General Secretary

ST. LUCIA

St. Lucia Teachers’ Union

JULIAN MONROSE
President

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

Trinidad and Tobago Unified Teachers Association

DAVANAND SINANAN *
President

UNITED KINGDOM

NASUWT – The Teachers’ Union

FRED BROWN
Senior Vice President

JENNIFER MOSES
National Official, Equality and Training

National Union of Teachers  (NUT)

CHRISTINE BLOWER
General Secretary

ZIMBABWE

Zimbabwe Teachers’ Association

RICHARD GUNDANE
President