Randi Weingarten

Quick Facts

Full Name	Randi Weingarten
Occupation	Lawyer
Date Of Birth	Dec 18, 1957(1957-12-18)
Age	67
Birthplace	New York
Country	United States
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Randi Weingarten Biography

Randi Weingarten is one of the most popular and richest Lawyer who was born on December 18, 1957 in New York, United States. Rhonda Weingarten, also known as Randi, was born in New York City in 1957 to Edith (Appelbaum), Weingarten, a Jewish couple. Her father was an electrician and her mother was a teacher. Weingarten was born in Rockland County in New York and attended Clarkstown High School North, New York. She considers herself to be a deeply religious Jew and is a Beth Simchat Torah synagogue congregant.

Weingarten was appointed counsel to Sandra Feldman in 1986. Weingarten was responsible for handling high-level grievances on behalf of the union. In a series of lawsuits against New York City, the state of New York and other states over school funding and safety, Weingarten was the union’s lead counsel. She was the primary negotiator for the union in UFT contract negotiations by the 1990s. Her negotiating strategies became more aggressive in the 1990s.

Elected the UFT’s treasurer in 1997, Weingarten succeeded Sandra Feldman as president of the union a year later when Feldman was elected president of the national American Federation of Teachers. Weingarten was elected a Vice President of the AFT the same year.

Sol Stern wrote in the Summer 1998 issue of City Journal about Weingarten’s opposition to a proposed dress code for teachers, calling it “a diversion from the real job at hand.”

From 1983 to 1986 Weingarten was a lawyer at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, where she dealt with a variety of acrimonious arbitration matters for the UFT. In 1986, she was made an adjunct professor at the Cardozo School of Law. She was also an attorney in Wien Malkin’s real estate department.

Randi Weingarten Net Worth

Randi Weingarten is one of the richest Lawyer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Randi Weingarten 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Randi Weingarten was born December 18, 1957. She is an American labor leader and attorney. She is the president of the American Federation of Teachers and a member of AFL-CIO. She was the former president of United Federation of Teachers.

Weingarten served as a legislative assistant to the New York State Senate’s Labor Committee from 1979 to 1980. She holds a B.S. She received a B.S. in labor relations in 1980 from Cornell University’s ILR School, and a J.D. in 1982. Degree from the Yeshiva University Cardozo School of Law, 1983.

From 1991 to 1997 she taught at Clara Barton High School in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. The classes she taught included Law, Ethical Issues in Medicine, AP Political Science, and US History and Government. Her political science students competed in the We the People civics competition, winning the state championship in 1993-94 and 1994–95 and being fourth in the national championship in 1994-95. In 1995, Weingarten was elected Assistant Secretary of the UFT. She continued teaching per diem from 1995 to 1997.

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Weingarten began negotiating her first contract as UFT president in 2000. Talks with the Giuliani administration began in early September 2000, but the contract expired on November 15, 2000 without a new agreement. By March 2001, the talks deadlocked and a state mediator was called in. Talks collapsed again on June 5, and Weingarten asked for state arbitration.

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Randi Ranked on the list of most popular Lawyer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Randi Weingarten celebrates birthday on December 18 of every year.

During her tenure as UFT president, Weingarten pushed for higher salaries and improved training for teachers, often agreeing to longer work days and more tutoring time in order to win better pay. Between 2002 and 2007, salaries for New York City teachers rose 42 percent. Weingarten has endorsed merit pay for city teachers, and in 2007 negotiated a controversial contract which paid teachers bonuses if their students’ test scores rose.

Top Facts about Randi Weingarten

1. Randi Weingarten is an American labor leader and lawyer.
2. She has been the president of the American Federation of Teachers since 2008.
3. Weingarten was born on December 18, 1957, in New York City.
4. She graduated from Cornell University and earned a law degree from Cardozo School of Law.
5. Weingarten previously served as president of the United Federation of Teachers in New York City.
6. In 2013, she was named one of Time Magazine’s “100 Most Influential People.”
7. Weingarten is known for her advocacy for public education and workers’ rights.
8. She has been a vocal critic of charter schools and standardized testing.
9. Weingarten has also been involved in political activism, supporting Democratic candidates and progressive causes.
10. As AFT President, she oversees a union with over 1 million members across the country.