«Now, debating the internal arrangements of the Labour Party and
the role of its affiliated unions is not the business of Westminster, nor, indeed, of this Congress.
In New York State, NYSUT — a federation
of more than 1,200 local
unions representing more than 600,000 members — a
union that is
affiliated with both the American Federation
of Teachers (AFT) and the National Education Association (NEA) has become a leading example
of the critically important
role that teachers and their
unions can play in supporting parents, students and public education.