2,824 Public Employees Helped Opt Out
18,000 Members
$323,875 Saved in Annual Union Dues
2,824 Public Employees Helped Opt Out
18,000 Members
$323,875 Saved in Annual Union Dues
Randi Weingarten's union machine spends teachers' dues on politics — while students, parents, and educators pay the price. More than 17,000 Americans have joined the fight to weaken its political influence. Add your name. Membership is free.
Join the Fight — FreeAccording to the AFT's own federal financial disclosure, just 27.4 cents of every dollar the union spent went to representational activities — the actual work of a labor union. The rest went elsewhere.
In a single reporting period, the AFT reported sending $21.9 million to affiliated unions for political activity and lobbying, alongside contributions to partisan super PACs — while President Randi Weingarten reportedly collected nearly $500,000, more than eight times the average teacher's salary.
A House subcommittee investigation found that AFT lobbying influenced the CDC's school reopening guidance during the pandemic. Students bore the cost of the closures that followed — and are still catching up.
Under Weingarten's leadership, the union has fought school choice programs across the country — defending institutional power over a parent's right to decide what's best for their own kids.
Americans for Fair Treatment is a nonprofit community of current and former public-sector employees — and the Americans who stand with them. We help workers understand their rights, walk away from union politics they never signed up for, and hold union leadership accountable. This is how the machine gets weaker: one member at a time. You don't have to be a teacher to stand with the educators walking away.
Membership takes one minute and costs nothing. You'll join more than 17,000 Americans who believe schools should answer to parents and students — not union politics.
SOURCES: AFT FORM LM-2 FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ·
U.S. HOUSE COMMITTEE RECORDS · FULL RESEARCH AT AMERICANSFORFAIRTREATMENT.ORG
PAID FOR BY AMERICANS FOR FAIR TREATMENT.
