When Teachers Learn the Facts About Excessive Compensation and Political Spending, Many Choose to Leave the NJEA
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
“[The Wayne Education Association president] certifies that since the Sunlight Policy Center email campaign began … far fewer members have chosen to enroll in the Association, and the net result has been a decline in membership.”
~ New Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission, September 28, 2023
The Wayne Education Association (WEA) president stated unequivocally that the NJEA is losing members because the Sunlight Policy Center of New Jersey’s digital ad and email campaign is informing teachers of the facts about how their dues are being spent. Of course, Wayne is NJEA President Sean Spiller’s home district, so NJEA leadership is paying very close attention.
Fewer members means less dues revenues — and less money for NJEA leadership’s compensation and political spending. That’s why NJEA leadership desperately wants to keep teachers in the dark about leadership’s excessive and wasteful political spending and their one-percenter compensation. All of this is paid for by New Jersey teachers’ highest-in-the-nation regular dues, which were increased yet again this September. So NJEA leadership has a scheme to hide these facts from teachers.