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Nebraska Legislature Election 2014
AAllen:
--- Quote from: FarmerRick on October 10, 2014, 01:28:29 PM ---The Teachers Union has pretty deep pockets. :(
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Not only are their pockets deep but they turn their members out to help candidates and have close ties to financially secure members of the Democratic Party and can induce them to give large amounts of cash to people the Union supports.
Wymore Wrangler:
I just spoke with Roy Baker on the phone and asked why he hadn't filled out the NFOA questionnaire. He wasn't aware of the impact of the NFOA and I explained my views of the organization, he was out of state and said he would look at our questionnaire when he gets home... I also told him he it could possibly define him against his opponent...
GreyGeek:
--- Quote from: FarmerRick on October 10, 2014, 01:28:29 PM ---The Teachers Union has pretty deep pockets. :(
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I was a member of the Clarks Education Association, a chapter of the NEA, for 10 years. I was elected during the last nine of those years to represent the teachers in the negotiations with the board for raises, supplies, etc., and to stand with teachers whom the board had issues with. I haven't been a member of the NEA since 1980, when I left teaching to start my consulting business. However, back then the teacher elected to be the NEA president wasn't really in charge of anything important. The office was titular. The holder was trotted out at dog&pony shows to present the illusion that the teachers controlled the NEA. Nothing could be farther from the truth. The political agenda and the driving force were the full time STAFF members and the board. The Clarks Ed Assc at the time I was a member was split like the country was, and is today, about half were liberal and the other half conservative. However, the Nebraska Education Association, like the National Education Association, never supported conservative political candidates or issues. Conservatives share of the dues money was spent supporting political positions they opposed. It's the same with with labor unions.
Lmbass14:
Thanks for all the information everyone. A real eye opener.
AAllen:
GreyGeek brings up a very important point, the NEA and in some cases the local union is separate from the teachers, the Union often does things entirely different that what the individuals, even the majority of individuals, want. This goes for many other trade and other unions as well, the STAFF has a position and uses the money of the union members as they feel is correct then tell the union member what they should think and how they should vote. Unfortunately too many fall into the low information voter pool, not because they cant understand the issues, because they only listen to what those they pay to research these things for them say.
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