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A union’s job is to look out for it’s members. If the members of a teacher’s union decide to champion political issues then that is their right.

• drekipus 5y ago
  But the members didn't decide to champion political issues. The leader did.
  • freemint 5y ago
    The leader seemed to have a history of such activism according to the article i read and there was an election for that leader.
  • syops 5y ago
    As with all sufficiently large organizations of people there are leaders of the organization. The leaders represent the members and sometimes some members disagree with the leadership. Are you suggesting that no organization of people ought to advocate for a political position unless x% of the membership specifically advocates for this? Are you opposed to corporate lobbying? It’s not as if every stock holder of Apple gets a say on how Apple lobbies and gets involved in the political process.