Teachers Unions Funneling MILLIONS To Soros-Linked Groups, Far-Left Agendas
Posted by freedomforall 4 days ago to Politics
Excerpt:
"New Labor Department filings reveal the National Education Association (NEA), the nation’s largest teachers’ union, has been channeling millions in taxpayer dollars to far-left political outfits, including Soros-backed networks and shadowy activist groups.
Instead of bolstering education, these funds are propping up anti-American causes, from anti-Israel protests to rigging electoral maps.
The bombshell underscores the deep rot in union leadership, where public money meant for schools is weaponized against conservative values and national security.
The filings, obtained by Fox News Digital, paint a damning picture of misdirected priorities. “The NEA’s last fiscal year report showed it sent $300,000 to the 1630 Fund, the liberal dark money group Fox News has been reporting on extensively, and in most cases exclusively — Tens of thousands of dollars to the (George Soros’) Tides Foundation Network,” according to the report.
These aren’t voluntary donations from union members’ pockets—these are taxpayer dollars funneled through the system. The Tides Foundation has ties to anti-Israel activism, while the Sixteen Thirty Fund operates as a hub for progressive dark money, influencing elections without transparency.
The NEA didn’t stop there, the report notes, adding it “was also involved in several state issues. It backed a campaign to end standardized testing in Massachusetts and fight gerrymandering in Ohio, to the tune of half a million dollars for each of those and it sent hundreds of thousands of additional money to groups committed to racial and education justice movements.”
One of the biggest payouts was a whopping $3.5 million to Education International, a global teachers’ federation where NEA President Becky Pringle serves as vice president. Critics call it a cozy self-dealing arrangement, with American tax dollars flowing offshore to international agendas."
"New Labor Department filings reveal the National Education Association (NEA), the nation’s largest teachers’ union, has been channeling millions in taxpayer dollars to far-left political outfits, including Soros-backed networks and shadowy activist groups.
Instead of bolstering education, these funds are propping up anti-American causes, from anti-Israel protests to rigging electoral maps.
The bombshell underscores the deep rot in union leadership, where public money meant for schools is weaponized against conservative values and national security.
The filings, obtained by Fox News Digital, paint a damning picture of misdirected priorities. “The NEA’s last fiscal year report showed it sent $300,000 to the 1630 Fund, the liberal dark money group Fox News has been reporting on extensively, and in most cases exclusively — Tens of thousands of dollars to the (George Soros’) Tides Foundation Network,” according to the report.
These aren’t voluntary donations from union members’ pockets—these are taxpayer dollars funneled through the system. The Tides Foundation has ties to anti-Israel activism, while the Sixteen Thirty Fund operates as a hub for progressive dark money, influencing elections without transparency.
The NEA didn’t stop there, the report notes, adding it “was also involved in several state issues. It backed a campaign to end standardized testing in Massachusetts and fight gerrymandering in Ohio, to the tune of half a million dollars for each of those and it sent hundreds of thousands of additional money to groups committed to racial and education justice movements.”
One of the biggest payouts was a whopping $3.5 million to Education International, a global teachers’ federation where NEA President Becky Pringle serves as vice president. Critics call it a cozy self-dealing arrangement, with American tax dollars flowing offshore to international agendas."
One thing in the article I didn't miss is that tax dollars are being funneled into this union, which are then siphoned off for Marxist causes. Why the HE-- are taxpayers on the hook for this charade? Aren't unions supposed to be funded by their membership?
I've heard lots of blah blah noise around election time about republicans de-funding the Department of Education at the federal level, but (by golly) the damn thing is still here even when republicans are in charge. Hunker down Gulchers, it's going to be a rough ride.
A most pertinent question, mcc.
I just turned 68 myself, but I just saw my cardiologist, and he said everything's fine, everything's fine. ;^|
If you're like me, you probably knew it but just misplaced it.
I'm not totally against unions - I had a friend who got a permanent, disabling back injury at age 52. The company dropped him like a hot rock and he would have been screwed for life, if the union benefits hadn't kicked in, so he was able to retire peacefully and buy a place in the mountains. The unions have their place, but membership should be strictly voluntary. There's NO WAY we should have government-sector unions. Kennedy screwed us over big-time with that one.
A commercial union is a parasite on the intestine of a company. It may be beneficial in small doses, like the gut bacteria that help you digest. It HAS to refrain from pushing too hard, else the customers (who actually pay for everything!) quit buying, and the company dies, and the parasite dies with it. It's in the union's BEST INTEREST to see that the company does well, or at least OK.
In the government sector, there's nothing stopping it. You're not dealing with customers as such, and the taxpayers pay. If the unions ask too much, the taxpayers just pay more,... ad infinitum.
Allowing government-sector unionization should be unthinkable, but the liberals in our country manages to wedge them in with Kennedy's executive order 10988 in '62.
Sen.Marsha Blackburn introduced the Federal Workforce Freedom Act S-1006 nearly a year ago:
"A bill to prohibit Federal employees from organizing, joining, or participating in labor unions for purposes of collective bargaining or representation, and for other purposes"
This has been shelved and ignored, and is probably the most important piece of legislation currently being considered. I don't know if this also applies to all teachers, but it should at least affect the ones at the Dept.of Education.