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November 14, 2024We’ve caught NJEA leadership red-handed trying to deceive their members and hide the truth from them. They could have told teachers the truth but they did not. Again.
During last week’s NJEA Convention, Sunlight texted this message to teachers attending the convention:
It told them the following facts:
- As reported in the Montclair Local, NJEA President and gubernatorial candidate Sean Spiller remains under “ongoing” criminal investigation (for misuse of state health benefits); and
- NJEA leadership intends to spend $43 million of their regular dues on Spiller’s run for governor.
That’s the truth.
Here was the NJEA leadership’s reaction:
As can be seen, NJEA leadership is so desperate to hide the truth that they falsely suggest our texts are phishing attempts so teachers won’t click on our message and learn facts that leadership does not want them to know:
… please don’t respond or click on any links, as these can lead to harmful websites or potentially install malicious software on your device. [Emphasis added.]
NJEA leadership also falsely implies that Sunlight’s texts are fraudulent:
Report the message to the Federal Trade Commission at ReportFraud.ftc.gov.
All in the name of member protection: the NJEA message is signed by “The NJEA member protection team.”
Rather than confront the truth and justify to teachers why they should support Spiller with $43 million of their regular dues or dispel any concerns over Spiller’s potential legal liability, the NJEA tried to hide the truth by deceiving teachers.
Just like they deceive teachers by hiding the existence of the NJEA’s Super PAC, Garden State Forward, which is the vehicle used for supporting Spiller’s run and which is funded by teachers’ regular dues. As a result, most teachers have no idea their regular dues are being spent on politics.
Sunlight is informing teachers of incontrovertible facts that they would not otherwise know. NJEA leadership desperately wants to keep them in the dark.