2,824 Public Employees Helped Opt Out
18,000 Members
$323,875 Saved in Annual Union Dues
This ruling ensures that workers who experience discrimination from their unions are no longer locked out of justice.
This reform dismantles the staggering waste of over 750,000 hours of taxpayer-funded ‘official time’ on union activities, redirecting those resources to what matters most.
AFFT believes that every public employee, whether a teacher, school staffer, or government worker, has the constitutional right to choose whether to join a union.
The result is clear. Jewish educators feel abandoned. Jewish students feel targeted.
Heaps learned only after the fact that his daughter’s school had been referring to her using a different name and male pronouns without his knowledge or consent.
Teachers don’t pay dues to bankroll political stunts. They expect the UFT to fight for better pay, safer schools, and more resources, not to force-feed them Mamdani’s socialist agenda.
We are standing up for tens of thousands of TSA screeners who deserve a workplace built on merit, safety, and accountability, not politics or backroom deals.
Even among Democrats, union leadership has become too extreme, too divisive, and too unwilling to represent the full spectrum of their own members.
Their focus should be on improving wages, working conditions, and safety, not interfering in federal law enforcement or fueling divisive political narratives.
