Jill Levy Explained

Jill Levy is a former American union leader and schoolteacher.

Levy grew up in New York City, where she later became a schoolteacher and joined the American Federation of School Administrators (AFSA). She created a city-wide program to provide mentoring to supervisors who asked for professional help. In 2000, she was elected as president of the Council of School Supervisors and Administrators, the AFSA's largest local.[1] [2]

Levy won election as president of the AFSA in 2006. In the role she promoted the Employee Free Choice Act, and ensured the union played a leading role in the Labor 2008 campaign. She also won election as a vice-president of the AFL-CIO. She retired in 2009.

References

  1. Web site: Jill Levy . AFL-CIO . 6 October 2023.
  2. News: CITY PRINCIPALS UNION CHIEF TO RETIRE . 6 October 2023 . New York Daily News . October 20, 2006.