Major teachers union funneled millions of dollars into left-wing groups: report

WASHINGTON (TNND) — A major teacher’s union funneled millions of dollars in union funds to left-wing groups, federal labor filings show.

According to a Form L-2 disclosure from November from the National Education Association, millions of dollars were given to social justice groups and left-wing causes in 2024, first reported by Fox News.

The NEA reportedly gave $300,000 to a progressive dark money group called the Sixteen Thirty Fund.

The NEA also reportedly gave money to the Tides Foundation Network, which has had involvement in anti-Israel protests.

Over $3.5 million was sent to a teacher’s federation called Education International, according to reports. Money was also reportedly sent to different states to support causes such as ending standardized testing in Massachusetts and to support a cause that was against gerrymandering in Ohio.

“This is the upshot of social justice unionism,” NAVI Director of Research Mika Hackner said in an interview with Fox News Digital.

“Instead of focusing on member’s working conditions, unions spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on pet political projects completely divorced from the needs and wants of most teachers but perfectly in line with the political agenda the union has been co-opted to serve.”

The NEA has faced criticism in the past for supporting left-wing causes. Fox News Digital reported last year that the NEA instructed members on how to go through a gender transition at work.