American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten’s exit of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) After 23 years, a little known truth reveals: teacher unions are practically an appendix of the Democratic Party. Her departure, in combination with the National Education Association (NEA) President Becky Pringle’s continuous role as an AT-Large DNC member, reveals a relationship that is less about the advocacy of education and more about political symbiosis.
For more than two decades, weingarten used influence as a large member of the DNC and she only recently stepped aside on 5 June 2025. In her letter of resignation to the new party chairman, she said: “I seemed to come out of pass with the leadership that you forge.”
She endorsed David Hogg’s efforts to primary Democrats who were not sufficiently progressive, which a desire to make the party even more radical.
But her exit might not be her choice. The new chair – Ken Martin – opposite the idea of ​​HOGG to pull the party further to the left with primaries. Weingarten’s ruthless push to keep schools during COVID-19, despite the increasing proof of loss of learning, made her a liability that even Democrats could not ignore. Last weekend she called for a “rural day of uprising” in the midst of the “no Kings” protests – you inputers for a party struggling with his own fractures.
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When Martin became DNC chairman earlier this year, he removed Randi Weingarten from the rules and the articles of association that she had served with for 16 years since 2009.
Teachers’ trade unions are not only in accordance with Democrats – they are an extension.
Yet the Union party Nexus will continue to exist. Becky Pringle remains a DNC armor and links the NEA to the Democratic party machines. The money tells the story: Weingarten’s American Federation of Teachers (ACT) Funnels About 99% of his campaign contributions to Democrats Each cycle. Union contribution, often extracted from salaries of teachers funded by taxpayers, flowing to the democratic treasury chest-a financial pipeline that is laundering of borderline.
It seems to be a form of Quid Pro Quo: trade unions Bankroll the party, and the party protects trade union forces. Children and teachers are only pawns.
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The loyalty of the trade unions runs deeper than cash. Their priorities – abortion rights, climate activism, identity policy – Mirror Democratic talk points, the side party of the teacher or the needs of the teachers. They mobilize democratic voters through campaigns from the fight against and endorse Democrats in non-education races, from governors to congress members. Union offices double as training grounds for democratic activists, with the help of resources funded by Denten to coach part -time agents, so that the parties’ labor shubs are converted into party items.
This bias shouts at school choice and home schooling. Parents should not be forced to send children to schools that are run by left -wing activists such as Weingarten and Pringle, who give priority to politics above. Schools must be for education, not for indoctrination. With school choice, families can choose schools – or home schooling – that focus on academics, not on activism. Giving families the freedom to choose alternatives must also encourage the trade unions of the public school teachers to get their act together and to weaken it politically.
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Even Franklin D. Roosevelt, a champion of work, warned against trade unions in the public sector and noted that their potential to distort democracy. The unions of teachers prove to him right: they essentially use taxpayer dollars to lobby against the interests of taxpayers, stimulating policy that prioritizes political agendas above the needs of children. In contrast to trade unions in the private sector, they are not confronted with accountability, so they waste without consequences about partisan causes. Their political influence ensures that they are about the negotiating table of allies they have helped choose negotiations to their advantage. This relationship is not a representation – it is a racket that the public undermines that they claim to serve.
The complicity of the media is staring. Weingarten’s 23-year-old DNC official period hardly registered until she left. Also no squeaking about the connection of Becky Pringle with the Democrats. The New York Times called the DNC message from Weingarten only as soon as it left – a handbook case of selective reporting. The press, quickly to dissect conservative ties, gave these trade union bosses a pass.
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The COVID-19 debacle is production A. As DNC members, weingarten and Pringle have put pressure on the CDC to extend school closures, the defendation of proof of safe reopened private schools and international systems. The CDC has aimed and prioritizing prioritizing trade union requirements over children. This was bad policy and an unknown conflict of interest.
Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, speaks at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, US, August 22, 2024. (Reuters/Mike Segar)
One solution is clear: Ban Leaders of the Public Sector Union to keep leadership roles in political parties their trade union fund. It is a legal barrier to curb corruption.
Another solution is already present: the Janus v. Afscme 2018 The decision of the Supreme Court, which ruled teachers, cannot be forced to pay trade union rights – a blow to trade unions that depend on compulsory rights to feed their political machine. Forcing teachers to finance part -time causes violates their first amendment rights. All teachers, especially conservatives, must now unsubscribe from these extreme left-wing trade unions, with the help of alternatives such as the Association of American Educators (AAE) for liability insurance.
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The exit of Weingarten exposes cracks, but the presence of Pringle proves the machine.
Trade unions of teachers are not only tailored to Democrats – they are an expansion. The Janus decision and school choice give teachers and parents the tools to loosen themselves.
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