Teachers Unions Sent $50M to Progressive Groups Instead of Classrooms
By Alec Schemmel | Fox News
A public unions expert told Fox News Digital the NEA spends less than 10% of its budget on 'representational activities'.
Amid a trend of declining membership since the Supreme Court struck down mandatory union dues, the nation’s two largest teachers’ unions have poured tens of millions into left-wing causes, a new report from a conservative watchdog group finds.
The national nonprofit group, Defending Ed, released a report this week after combing through the National Education Association and American Federation of Teachers' contributions to left-wing and far-left groups. The nonprofit found that the two unions spent a combined $43.5 million since 2022 to help fund state and federal political action committees and other ideologically left-wing entities...