{"id":695251,"date":"2026-10-29T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=695251"},"modified":"2026-10-29T21:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T21:00:00","slug":"teachers-unions-spent-more-than-930-million-on-political-activism-lobbying-over-decade-watchdog-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=695251","title":{"rendered":"Teachers Unions Spent More Than $930 Million On Political Activism & Lobbying Over Decade, Watchdog Finds"},"content":{"rendered":"

Teachers Unions Spent More Than $930 Million On Political Activism & Lobbying Over Decade, Watchdog Finds<\/span><\/p>\n

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Authored by AG News Staff via American Greatness<\/em><\/a>,<\/em><\/p>\n

Two of America’s largest teachers unions <\/strong>spent more than $930 million<\/strong><\/a> on political activism, lobbying and progressive advocacy over the past decade<\/strong>, raising questions about how union dues are being used beyond traditional education priorities.<\/p>\n

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According to investigations by the North American Values Institute (NAVI),<\/a> the National Education Association (NEA) spent at least $547 million on political activities and advocacy between fiscal years 2016 and 2025<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The spending included $458.9 million officially reported as political activity and lobbying, along with another $88.2 million directed toward progressive advocacy organizations.<\/p>\n

The NEA, which represents more than 3 million members, also directed $116.9 million to its super PAC, the NEA Advocacy Fund, according to the watchdog.<\/p>\n

NAVI identified another $80.2 million distributed among political intermediaries, including the State Engagement Fund, Strategic Victory Fund and State Victory Fund LLC. The organization warned that such arrangements make it difficult for dues-paying teachers to determine where their money ultimately goes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The report also found that the NEA contributed $30.1 million to Education International, a global teachers federation that includes a Palestinian teachers union NAVI describes as affiliated with the Palestine Liberation Organization.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), the nation’s second-largest teachers union, reported $383.2 million in political activity and lobbying expenditures<\/strong><\/a> during the same period.<\/p>\n

According to NAVI, the AFT directed $123.35 million to outside political organizations and committees, including $45.7 million to four national partisan political committees.<\/p>\n

The union also spent millions supporting ballot initiatives and judicial elections, including campaigns involving redistricting, taxation and Wisconsin Supreme Court races.<\/p>\n

NAVI concluded that both unions have expanded their political operations well beyond traditional education issues<\/strong>, financing campaigns involving elections, tax policy and ideological advocacy.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
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Teachers Unions Spent More Than $930 Million On Political Activism & Lobbying Over Decade, Watchdog Finds Authored by AG News Staff via American Greatness, Two of America’s largest teachers unions spent more than $930 million on political activism, lobbying and progressive advocacy over the past decade, raising questions about how union dues are being used… Continue reading Teachers Unions Spent More Than $930 Million On Political Activism & Lobbying Over Decade, Watchdog Finds<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,22,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-695251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-border-security","category-immigration","category-immigration-reform","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=695251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695251\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=695251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=695251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=695251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}