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| Nation's 2 largest teachers unions funneled nearly $50M to left-wing groups, watchdog report says |
| 2025-08-24 |
| [FoxNews] 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 finds from a conservative watchdog group. 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, such as D.C. think tanks. "It is clear that the teachers unions’ priorities are advancing far-left politics and radical social justice issues, not the education of children," Defending Ed researcher Rhyen Staley told Fox News Digital. "This is a slap in the face to families and teachers who want to focus on helping students improve their reading and math skills. It is time that Congress acts to stop this obscene redistribution of public monies to advance left-wing identity politics." Left-wing philanthropic behemoths like the Tides Network, New Venture Fund, Sixteen-Thirty Fund, and Future Forward, the last of which was the main Super PAC supporting Kamla Harris' 2024 presidential run after former President Joe Biden dropped out, all received a combined nearly $1.5 million from the unions, according to the report. The unions also forked over significant amounts of cash for groups that focus on supporting left-wing candidates for public office, such as the Democratic Governors Association, Democrat's House Majority and Senate Majority PACs. Other groups they have donated to include major left-wing think tanks like the Center for American Progress and its 501(c)(4) arm, which received close to a million dollars since 2022 from the two unions. Aaron Withe, an expert on public-sector unions, pointed out that the National Education Association spends less than 10% of its budget on what he called "representational activities," while, at the same time, the union spends 38% of its budget on contributions to left-leaning groups, lobbying and political gifts. "You’d think in light of the decline in union membership in recent years, that they’d start providing value to members that outweighs the cost of membership," Withe told Fox News Digital. "Instead, they are appeasing the radical base of union members by advocating for men in women’s sports, transitioning minors, antisemitism and other radical ideological stances." He added that this is just "the tip of the iceberg" too "when you consider that there are thousands of statewide and city and county teachers unions that are mostly funding the same causes." Related: National Education Association: 2025-08-22 US legislative committee says it’s investigating antisemitism in leading teacher union National Education Association: 2025-07-24 Columbia reaches $200M settlement with Trump administration over campus antisemitism National Education Association: 2025-07-13 The College-Jew hate nexus Related: American Federation of Teachers: 2025-08-13 US court says Trump''s DOGE team can access sensitive data American Federation of Teachers: 2025-06-14 ASRA NOMANI: The $2.1 billion machine behind 'spontaneous' anti-Trump protests American Federation of Teachers: 2025-04-25 Trump's executive order on voting blocked by federal judge amid flurry of legal setbacks Related: Tides Network: 2025-07-23 A billion for 'Maidan'. Mass protests in Israel were paid for by Americans Related: New Venture Fund: 2025-05-06 Lefty groups behind anti-Trump protests in US propped up by billionaires and dark-money network New Venture Fund: 2024-11-15 Soros-Backed Dark Money Giant Bankrolled the Fiscal Sponsor of US-Designated Terror Financier Samidoun, Tax Forms Show New Venture Fund: 2024-10-16 Both the U.S. and Canada today classified Samidoun as a terrorist organization. Samidoun is a PFLP front, involved in current anti-Zionist campus protests Related: Future Forward: 2025-05-28 The secret to saving Democrats $20 million: Stop trashing men Future Forward: 2024-11-05 Report: Democrats Spend over $2.1 Billion Trying to Stop Donald Trump Future Forward: 2024-07-31 Biden top adviser Anita Dunn leaves White House for super PAC supporting Harris |
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