Members of the country’s largest teachers union are revolting against the union’s plan to officially endorse Hillary Clinton within the next few days. Many argue the group should endorse Bernie Sanders, or stay out of the endorsement game altogether.
The National Education Association (NEA), close to 3 million members strong, is about to endorse Clinton for president, even though the first primaries are months away and new candidates like Joe Biden may enter the race, an email obtained by Politico revealed Tuesday.
The union’s political arm, NEA PAC, is pushing the Clinton endorsement, the email shows. And NEA President Lily Eskelsen Garcia is lobbying union officials hard to acquiesce.
If the PAC chooses Clinton in an expected vote Thursday, the NEA Board of Directors would vote on the matter Friday. Many teachers are deeply upset, saying the union’s endorsement is being given away too early, too easily, and perhaps to the wrong candidate entirely.
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6 comments:
And this is why so many are dropping the NEA. Yes many teachers are Conservative and proud of it.
Hey WCEA (Gary and Stefanie) if you gave a damn about your members you would do something about this. Remember when you did everything you could including lie to stop the membership vote? This should have been what you were afraid of. But no, you were lead around by the people that are now going to shove Hillary down the members throats. How much of you members hard earned money is going to support Clinton? Please tell us how much dues money is going to PACS? While you are wasting time on meaningless arguments with the BOA, why not find out what is really best for your members
WCEA. It's time to step up and make a stand for what is right.
WCEA doesn't know how to stand up. Gary Hammer does exactly what MSEA and NEA wants him to do. WCEA is a joke ever since Hammer and Lewis took leadership as MSEA and NEA puppets.
gary can't even write his own presidents message. msea has to do it for him.
WCEA doesn't help their members! You know the ones who pay over $600 a year (teachers) or over $300 (classified employees) just email the uniserv person to report a problem and all he suggest is that you file a grievance! That way he doesn't have to do any work! What a waste of money.
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