The head of a prominent U.S. teachers union resigned from her position in the Democratic Party on Sunday, saying she was "out of step" with its leadership.
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Teachers union head quits Democratic Party post in leadership dispute
WASHINGTON, June 15 (Reuters) - The head of a prominent U.S. teachers union resigned from her position in the Democratic Party on Sunday, saying she was "out of step" with its leadership.
Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers union, told Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin that she has turned down his offer to serve as an at-large member of the committee, a role she has held since 2002.
"I appear to be out of step with the leadership you are forging," Weingarten wrote in a letter. “I do not want to be the one who keeps questioning why we are not enlarging our tent and actively trying to engage more and more of our communities.”