The National Education Association (NEA) is desperately trying to wrap up dissent in its own ranks, so it can get back to its real work of electing radically progressive politicians.
“After locking out its employees for over six weeks, the National Education Association (NEA) bureaucracy has reached a deal with the 300 employees of the National Education Association Staff Organization (NEASO).
The details of the new tentative agreement (TA) have yet to be disclosed and will only go into effect once it is ratified by both sides. The two organizations ended the strike before the opening of the Democratic National Convention, in order to prevent the dispute from impacting the union’s electioneering efforts for Democrats and Kamala Harris.”
What could have possibly caused the employees of the union to go on strike against their own union? According to the (literal) socialists writing here, it stems from having salaries frozen in the six figures, as well as disputes over working from home and poor treatment.
“From 2012 to 2021, NEASO employees had their pay frozen and make around $124,000 a year, while the union’s top brass bring in upwards of $300,000 to $600,000. Both parties, however, make far more than the teachers who pay their salaries. Average teacher pay, according to the NEA, is $45,000 a year.”
That the NEA immediately went into bullying mode for their own pampered employees will not surprise anyone who has been paying attention.
“To break the strike, the NEA leadership rummaged through the playbook of corporations for tactics. The NEA employees took to social media detailing the union’s strong arming tactics, saying NEA bureaucrats canceled employees’ hotel rooms and flights, forcing them to foot the bill. It also suspended their pay.”
If you are a teacher, please take a moment to consider this farce. You are literally paying for political operatives to make twice your salary, so they can focus on electing the most radical ideologues available. Your needs as an educator do not factor in to the equation, and educating children is not even a tangential consideration. They are no more accountable to teachers than to anyone else. Why play their rigged game?