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Two Million K-12 Teachers Are Now Corralled Into Unions
August 18, 2008 | Fact Sheets
### And 1.3 Million Are Forced to Pay Union Dues, as Well as Accept Union Monopoly Bargaining
Education observers of all political stripes recognize that officials of the 3.2 million-member National Education Association and the 1.4 million-member American Federation of Teachers teacher unions, as well as officials of state and local NEA and AFT affiliates, wield enormous clout over how America’s schools are run.
In a paper distributed last year, for example, Dr. Terry M. Moe, a political science professor at Stanford University and a prominent scholar in the field of education policy, concluded, citing his latest and previous research, that NEA and AFT union officers “use their power to shape the structure and ultimately the performance of government [schools].”
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