Randi Weingarten: the fastest fix for the affordability crisis is a working-class tax cut | Fortune

Randi Weingarten, president of the 1.875 million-member American Federation of Teachers, argues in a Fortune op-ed that the fastest fix for the U.S. affordability crisis is a working-class tax cut. She contends that targeted tax relief for working families would deliver relief faster than other policy tools while boosting consumer demand. The piece, published November 1, 2026, comes as affordability has become a central political and economic issue heading into the next election cycle. Weingarten's intervention signals that organized labor is pushing tax policy onto its agenda alongside wages and benefits. Watch for whether lawmakers in both parties pick up working-class tax cut proposals and whether the AFT backs specific legislation.