Inquirer: Labor Activists seek to unseat leadership of Philly's biggest union

The Caucus of Working Educators (WE) is seeking to unseat the incumbent Collective Bargaining for leadership of the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers (PFT), Philadelphia's largest public labor union, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports.

WE models itself after the labor militant caucuses that have come to power in other major metropolitan teacher unions. The new caucus, which has tried to unseat Collective Bargaining once before is attempting to reenergize the PFT and give its membership confidence in both themselves and the union.

With a contract about to expire over the summer, WE is making the case that they bring with them the confidence and will to make demands at the bargaining table that Collective Bargaining just can't muster.