Celebration!
"We have the distinct honor to have Ed McElroy with us this evening," said President Merlene Martin during the Thursday night celebration. "Ed is the president of the 1.4 million-member American Federation of Teachers."
President McElroy spoke to the delegates, welcoming them as AFT members and encouraging them to be active in the new affiliation.
Then he joined President Martin and Life Member John Brown in a toast honoring OSEA's past, present, and future as an organization.
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