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teacher unions  

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  • Teacher unions have played a pivotal role in the history of public education in the United States. Taking cues from early American labor organization, teacher unions formed to specifically protect and represent the interests of public school teachers. [Source: Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice; Teacher Unions]

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