Since March 2007, 19 national and global organizations came together as Professionals for the Public Interest: Associations and Unions Defending Professional Integrity. Our common focus: defending professional integrity against external pressures in the interests of the public. We address that focus with our members, policymakers, and the public.
Our organizations include eight professional associations; 11 national unions; and the Department for Professional Employees, AFL-CIO (DPE). Collectively, we represent more than four million professionals. Their disciplines range from the sciences and engineering to human services. Each organization has endorsed a consensus statement, Defining Common Ground on Professional Integrity. To date, the endorsing organizations are:
- Actors’ Equity Association
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- American Chemical Society
- American Federation of Government Employees
- American Federation of Musicians
- American Federation of Teachers
- American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
- American Library Association
- American Library Association-Allied Professional Association
- American Public Health Association
- Department for Professional Employees, AFL-CIO
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers-USA
- International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees
- International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers
- National Association for the Education of Young Children
- National Association of Social Workers
- Office and Professional Employees International Union
- Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union
- United Steelworkers
