December 15 Deadline for CEA Member Political Refund Requests: New Animated Video!0

• November 24, 2010

Watch the 45-second animated video explanation of CEA’s Every Member Option political refund, then head on over to IndependentTeachers.org for all the details. Remember: the deadline for teachers union members to ask for their refunds (as much as $63 total) is December 15.

Member Dues for Political Contributions: Colorado Teacher Unions Give 99.9% to Democrats in 2009-100

• November 23, 2010

Back in September we noted that Colorado teachers unions (the Colorado Education Association and American Federation of Teachers) had reported giving a combined 99.8 percent of their political contributions from member dues to the Democratic Party and its candidates, as well as pro-Democrat organizations, in the 2009-2010 election cycle. These contributions only cover state and […]

Colorado Teacher Unions’ Top 20 Backed Candidates Finished .500 on Election Day0

• November 23, 2010

Education News Colorado has posted an interesting story today about the success rate of candidates backed by various education groups, including the teachers unions:

Five organizations – the Colorado Education Association, American Federation of Teachers-Colorado, the Colorado Association of School Executives, Stand for Children and Democrats for Education Reform – backed legislative candidates. (The school executives […]

NEA Spends $1.9 Million in Teacher Dues on Negative Colorado U.S. Senate Election Ads0

• October 28, 2010

Speaking of “How much does NEA spend on politics?”, read the following release on the union’s habit of spending large sums of teacher dues on that annoying negative political advertising (click on “Fullscreen” for the easi…

So… “How Much Does NEA Spend on Politics?”0

• October 20, 2010

Of course, the answer to the question is: Depends what you mean. Some issues to consider:

Are we talking about the national union headquarters, state union affiliates and/or local union offices?
Are we only discussing “PAC money” or all the kinds of independent expenditures that regular dues money may be spent on?
Are we looking at spending only […]

Colorado Teachers Unions Give 99.8 Percent of Political Funds to Democrats0

• September 14, 2010

Right now, it’s the heart of political season. That means some teacher organizations — the Colorado Education Association (CEA) and American Federation of Teachers (AFT) — are actively involved in contributing member funds to various campaigns. (Other teacher organizations do not collect or distribute member money for political contributions.) But did you realize just how one-sided the political giving is?