Randi Weingarten
Role at the time: AFT president and Cornell alumna, jointly signing an open letter
Condemned
Statement summary
In a joint letter with Melinda Person, Weingarten calls for Cornell's trustees to demand Kotlikoff's resignation over his handling of sexual-violence allegations.
“For these reasons, we are calling on the Board of Trustees to demand President Michael Kotlikoff ’s resignation.”
Read the original text (opens in a new tab)Randi Weingarten and Melinda Person call for Kotlikoff's resignationEdited version of the jointly signed letter
The two union presidents call for the trustees to demand Kotlikoff's resignation. Person's position is already covered separately.
Why we used this label
The subject is Cornell's handling of the allegations and disciplinary response. Weingarten and Person call for Cornell's trustees to demand Kotlikoff's resignation over his handling of sexual-violence allegations.