Radical Teacher Unions Get Even More Radical
Incoming NEA President Princess Moss: Teachers Must Be Full-Time Political Activists
Union bosses are doubling down in Virginia’s Governor race, dropping another $400,000 to try to push Creigh Deeds over the finish line. The American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees union, AFSCME, dropped the money bomb recently to help pave the way for monopoly bargaining privileges over government employees – something that has remained elusive for Big Labor in Virginia. For sure, government workers can join unions in Virginia, the problem in AFSCME’s eyes is that they can’t FORCE government employees to accept them. They need more political power to get that deed done.
Incoming NEA President Princess Moss: Teachers Must Be Full-Time Political Activists
“[L]ast month, state legislation championed by AFSCME and coalition partners [...] was reintroduced to expand collective [monopoly] bargaining . . . to all Virginia public [workplaces]. It is supported by Gov. Abigail Spanberger.”
Union-label state Democrat politicians like Mr. Surovell and Gov. Abigail Spanberger evidently calculated that a mandatory monopoly-bargaining law would be a less politically costly way than Right to Work destruction for them to pay back the Big Labor bosses who had been critical to their 2025 electoral successes.