Two organizations account for practically all of the contributions made by teachers unions: The National Education Association (about $20 million in 2016) and the American Federation of Teachers (almost $12 million). Both groups -- which compete for members, but also collaborate with each other ...

May 6, 2025 - During the 2022-2023 fiscal year, ... teachers union in the country spent $46.9 million on political activities. Like the NEA, AFT gave primarily to left-wing causes and candidates. So far in the current election cycle, 99.90% of AFT’s contributions have gone to Democrats, totaling $2,556,843.

Answer (1 of 10): There is no such thing as any one of the teacher’s unions getting state and Federal funds. Teacher’s unions operate on the dues of members who join voluntarily; about 39% of US teachers belong to one of the teacher’s unions such as an affiliate of the NEA or the AFT.

December 15, 2023 - Still, conservatives often complain that the political sway of public employees unions distorts governmental decision-making, since their nominal bosses have to fear or court them as political financiers. Public employee unions devoted about $145 million of their PAC funds to state and local ...

February 22, 2023 - American Federation of Teachers union President Randi Weingarten is leaving her position with the Democratic National Committee (DNC) due to disagreements with leadership, according to a letter obtained by POLITICO.… ... Our country relies on free and fair elections, participation of the ...

March 6, 2024 - Zeph Capo, president of the Texas ... urged teachers in a March 1 letter to vote for 16 Texas House GOP incumbents who have taken union donations and “stood against Gov. [Greg] Abbott’s voucher push last year.” “Voucher” refers to school choice vouchers that allow students to take part of the public funding that would ...

3 weeks ago - That feud between the union and the right in New Jersey may carry on — Republican Jack Ciattarelli, his party’s nominee for governor, accused Sherrill of rushing to “suck up to the NJEA and embrace the guy who just lit $40 million of [teachers’] dues money ...

In 2003, California held a special recall election and teachers’ unions gave $80,210 to Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante’s unsuccessful gubernatorial campaign. The teachers’ international unions headquartered in Washington D.C. and their state and local affiliates gave nearly $53 million to ...

Teachers unions PACs gave $4,098,442 total to federal candidates in 2022. See the details.

November 1, 2024 - The 1.7-million member teachers union has raised $12 million through its PAC and has thrown its support behind Democrats up and down the ballot.

September 7, 2021 - According to Education Minnesota’s 2019-2020 LM-2 report (the most recent available), the teachers’ union spent over $1.2 million on what it self-identified as “Political Activities and Lobbying.” Dues dollars go toward this spending. In addition, $25 of teachers’ dues gets sent to ...

We thank two anonymous referees, ... seminar participants at Texas Tech University, Southern Economic Association, Public Choice Society, and the Rand Corporation's Teacher Pension Workshop for numerous suggestions that have improved the paper. This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in ...

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As a trade union, we are required by law to have a Political Fund in order to be able to campaign, within the law, on issues that affect the pay and conditions of service of teachers. The NASUWT Political Fund is not used to pay an affiliation fee or to donate financially to any political party.

January 22, 2020 - AFT chipped in with $75,000 to ... Victory Fund during that period. What all this means is that it is insufficient to try to track contributions made by the two national teachers unions directly to political campaigns and advocates. With such huge sums being diverted to the Democracy Alliance and its partnered organizations ...

April 30, 2021 - One union gave $1.6 million from January to March, compared with $45,000 during the same period in the last election cycle.

April 24, 2024 - A LOOK AT AFT SPENDING IN THE 2022-2023 SCHOOL YEAR The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) represents over 1.7 million teachers throughout the country. Under the leadership of President Randi Weingarten, AFT has taken on an increasingly prominent role in political and cultural debates throughout ...

October 16, 2019 - I was a reluctant member of the ... 3 million teachers. For decades, I paid dues to a union that was supposed to represent my professional interests in the workplace. Instead, I was treated like an ATM for the Democratic Party. I was being forced to fund a political agenda ...

September 9, 2021 - For example, in 2020 Education ... funds. In fact, Education Minnesota’s PAC has been a leading contributor to one political party for years, despite this political ideology not being reflective of all its members. As previously mentioned, dues dollars also go to the national teachers’ unions — the National ...