The Truth about
Teachers Unions
Here's What You Need To Know
For decades, government workers in many states could be fired for refusing to support a labor union financially.
Thankfully, the U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled in Janus v. AFSCME, 585 US (2018), that public employees can no longer be required to pay union dues or fees as a condition of employment.
Supreme Court staff summarized the decision this way:
The Teacher Freedom Alliance is a 501(c)(3) Non-profit dedicated to empowering educators who are committed to developing the next generation of free, moral, and upright American citizens. Your gift will help support the right of every educator in America to pursue excellence in the classroom free of ideological interference.
Supreme Court Harris v. Quinn
Similarly, in 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Harris v. Quinn, 573 US (2014), that “partial-public employees” like state-paid home care aides, child care providers and others were free to choose whether to support a union.
Opt Out Today
Currently, only private-sector employees in certain states can be legally obligated to pay any union dues or fees.
To learn more about how to exercise your constitutional rights, go to Opt Out Today and find your state.
Teacher Union Facts
- The National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) prioritize funding left-wing causes over advocating for teachers and the betterment of the American education system.
- In 2024, the NEA spent over 50% of union dues politicking with 97% of those funds going to Democrats and leftist causes.
- Only 9% of their 432-million-dollar budget was spent representing teachers.
This Supreme Court and significant numbers of radicalized elected officials have walked away from freedom and justice for all toward an extreme, controlling, discriminatory, exclusionary, misogynistic, homophobic, out-of-touch, cruel, racist, crap, corrupt ideology!
Kim Anderson
Executive Director NEA
The rush to reopen schools is about politics, not kids—it’s the anti-union crowd trying to break us.
Randi Weingarten
AFT President
If you get in the way of our progress toward a more just nation, we will get in the way of your election.
Becky Pringle
President NEA
These unions use member dues to fund politicians and programs that demand a federal school choice ban, the Green New Deal, Defunding the Police, and Medicare for All which have no bearing on educational issues like teacher compensation, classroom conditions, or student outcomes.
Our Mission
The Teacher Freedom Alliance exists to assist educators in their mission to develop free, moral, and upright American citizens.
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When Teachers Speak, We listen: Saving Public Education Together
When Teachers Speak, We listen:
Saving Public Education Together
"There is so much power in realizing you are not alone. Teachers are in the frontlines of a very dysfunctional system and society. We are the foundation and future for the direction of both. Empowering teachers will help change our society in a good way, but there are so many teachers who are afraid to speak up. Thank you for helping us find each other and educate ourselves and others!"
Dave
High School Educator and Coach
"Let teachers teach. Let parents parent. And let kids be kids.”
Manny Diaz, Jr.
Florida Education Commissioner
The Teacher Freedom Alliance is empowering and reenergizing teachers to fight for education and giving them access to information and resources they might never had gotten before."
Karin
Special Education Teacher
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