“So you tell me how I can possibly separate NEA’s collective bargaining efforts from politics—you just can’t. It’s all politics.”   General Counsel Bob Chanin, National Education Association (NEA) union  [On June 26th, 2018 the U.S. Supreme Court agreed with Bob Chanin that its all politics and ruled in favor of Mark Janus, who was represented by the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation,  and against forced unionism; see Janus v. AFSCME]


“When school children start paying union dues, that’s when I’ll start representing the interests of school children.”   President Albert Shanker, American Federation of Teachers (AFT) union