{"id":2632480,"date":"2026-07-20T05:39:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T09:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nurses-and-teachers-unions-bankroll-leftist-candidates-and-causes\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T05:47:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T09:47:00","slug":"nurses-and-teachers-unions-bankroll-leftist-candidates-and-causes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nurses-and-teachers-unions-bankroll-leftist-candidates-and-causes\/","title":{"rendered":"Nurses and teachers unions bankroll leftist candidates and causes"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnurses-and-teachers-unions-bankroll-leftist-candidates-and-causes%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2632480&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Several major labor unions, including National Nurses United (NNU), the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), and the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW), are investing heavily in political campaigns and causes aligned with leftist and progressive agendas ahead of the 2026 elections. These unions typically focus on negotiations related to wages, benefits, and workplace conditions but are increasingly channeling resources into critical elections to influence congressional and state-level outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>NNU, the largest nurses&#8217; union in the U.S., has donated significant funds to candidates and causes allied with the Working Families Party (WFP), supporting figures like Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and advocating for policies such as Medicare for All and immigrant rights. The union has also contributed over $26 million since 2010 to various campaign efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, the NUHW and AFT have backed candidates who promote progressive and socialist policies, including anti-racism, immigration reform, and education funding. The AFT provided important financial support to Democratic campaigns, including donations to Wahab and Mejia, candidates aligned with their political priorities.<\/p>\n<p>The unions have faced criticism for spending members&#8217; dues on political activities unrelated to nurses&#8217; core interests and for supporting candidates and initiatives with radical or controversial stances. Despite this, they remain influential funders in Democratic politics, with NNU alone raising over $26 million for electoral efforts.<\/p>\n<p>these unions are leveraging their financial resources to support progressive candidates and policies, reflecting a broader trend of labor organizations advocating for significant social and political change beyond traditional labor negotiations.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some of the nation\u2019s largest labor <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/unions\/\">unions<\/a> representing nurses and public school <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/teachers\/\">teachers<\/a> are spending heavily on leftist causes and candidates ahead of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2026-election\/\">2026 elections<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While their ostensive purpose is to negotiate wages, employee benefits, and workplace conditions, these unions continue to pour resources into critical races that could change the political makeup of Congress, as Democrats seek to retake the majority in November and progressive challengers, leaning on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4626775\/socialists-success-anti-establishment-strategy\/\">anti-establishment messaging<\/a>, look to edge out more centrist opponents in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4633188\/anti-establishment-democrats-colorado-primary-wave\/\">primary upsets<\/a> across the country.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4654207\/nurses-teachers-unions-bankroll-leftist-candidates-causes\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Nurses and teachers unions bankroll leftist candidates and causes<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4654871\/troy-jackson-front-runner-maine-democratic-senate-nomination\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Troy Jackson emerges as front-runner for Maine Democratic Senate nomination<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4654762\/abdul-el-sayed-anti-israel-voices-democrats\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Abdul el Sayed says \u2018there\u2019s always room\u2019 for anti-Israel voices in Democratic Party<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<h2 id=\"h-national-nurses-united\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">National Nurses United<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For instance, National Nurses United has donated <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/receipts\/?data_type=processed&#038;contributor_name=National+Nurses&#038;two_year_transaction_period=2026\">significant sums<\/a> this election cycle to candidates backed by the Working Families Party, a left-wing political party closely aligned with socialists such as Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Bernie-Sanders\/\">Bernie Sanders<\/a> (I-VT), Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Alexandria-Ocasio-Cortez\/\">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/a> (D-NY), and New York City Mayor <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Zohran-Mamdani\/\">Zohran Mamdani<\/a>. Sanders once <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/observer.com\/2016\/11\/bernie-sanders-calls-the-working-families-party-the-closest-thing-to-socialism\/\">referred<\/a> to the WFP as \u201cthe closest thing there is to a political party that believes in my vision of democratic socialism.\u201d NNU\u2019s super PAC, National Nurses United for Patient Protection, directly gave the WFP and its San Francisco branch <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/receipts\/?data_type=processed&#038;committee_id=C00606962&#038;committee_id=C00945303&#038;contributor_name=National+Nurses&#038;two_year_transaction_period=2026\">a combined $300,000<\/a>, according to second-quarter election spending disclosures.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, NNU gave the California WFP\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/workingfamilies.org\/2026\/02\/california-wfp-endorses-connie-chan-for-congress\/\">preferred candidate<\/a>, San Francisco supervisor Connie Chan, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/docquery.fec.gov\/cgi-bin\/fecimg\/?202604159862940155\">$3,000<\/a> ahead of her advancing from the June 2 primary in the state\u2019s congressional race to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4574148\/nancy-pelosi-endorses-connie-chan-congress\/\">succeed<\/a> retiring Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA). The Pelosi-backed Chan will face off against Democratic state Sen. Scott Weiner in the November general election for the speaker emerita\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-jasmine-crocketts-delusion-hits-a-new-level-during-jimmy-kimmel-live-appearance\/\" title=\"Watch: Jasmine Crockett&#039;s Delusion Hits a New Level During &#039;Jimmy Kimmel Live&#039; Appearance\">deep-blue congressional district<\/a>, which sits almost entirely within San Francisco\u2019s city limits. Chan is politically positioned to the left of Weiner, an LGBT activist, who has emerged as a relative centrist on other issues, aside from gay rights, in the context of San Francisco\u2019s left-wing landscape.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NNU has also given $3,000 each to other WFP-endorsed congressional contenders, including social justice activist Analilia Mejia; labor leader Bob Brooks; Mai Vang, a member of the Sacramento City Council who refuses to recite the Pledge of Alliance and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/05\/23\/us-news\/california-congressional-candidate-refuses-to-say-pledge-of-allegiance-turns-back-on-us-flag\/\">routinely turns her back<\/a> to the American flag at council meetings; and Rep. Eric Swalwell\u2019s (D-CA) potential replacement Aisha Wahab, whose progressive platform has earned her the moniker <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/eastbayexpress.com\/digging-dirt-to-dial-for-dollars-1\/\">\u201cWest Coast AOC.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4633188\/anti-establishment-democrats-colorado-primary-wave\/\"><strong>DEMOCRATS BRACE FOR MORE ANTI-ESTABLISHMENT PRIMARIES AFTER COLORADO UPSETS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now a sitting congresswoman, Mejia <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4533093\/analilia-mejia-new-jersey-election-house\/\">won<\/a> the special election in April to replace Gov. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Mikie-Sherrill\/\">Mikie Sherrill<\/a> (D-NJ), who stepped down from Congress after winning New Jersey\u2019s governorship, and will battle it out again in November before finishing Sherrill\u2019s term. Mejia, previously the political director of Sanders\u2019s 2020 presidential campaign, is co-director of the Center for Popular Democracy, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/populardemocracy.org\/about\/\">a progressive group<\/a> \u201cunapologetically demand[ing] transformational change for Black, brown, and low-income communities.\u201d The organization is allied with teachers unions to prevent the proliferation of charter schools, which operate independent of the public school system. Mejia, the daughter of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.njspotlightnews.org\/2016\/03\/16-03-08-profile-family-s-own-story-motivates-her-to-help-the-working-poor-in-nj\/\">an initially \u201cundocumented\u201d immigrant<\/a>, herself is in favor of tuition-free college, student loan forgiveness, and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/politics\/new-jersey\/ice-new-jersey-gun-mikie-sherrill-20260213.html\">has called for<\/a> the abolition of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brooks is the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cityandstatepa.com\/politics\/2026\/05\/bob-brooks-wins-lehigh-valleys-hotly-contested-pa-7-primary\/413658\/\">handpicked choice<\/a> of Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) to take back Lehigh Valley\u2019s congressional seat, which national Democrats have set their sights on as one of the most likely to flip blue. NNU gave an additional <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/docquery.fec.gov\/cgi-bin\/fecimg\/?202605049866792375\">$100,000<\/a> to Stronger Together PA, the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/docquery.fec.gov\/cgi-bin\/forms\/C00936153\/1934881\/\">newly established<\/a> super PAC dedicated exclusively to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/independent-expenditures\/?committee_id=C00936153&#038;data_type=processed&#038;q_spender=C00936153&#038;is_notice=true&#038;support_oppose_indicator=S\">supporting Brooks<\/a> through digital advertisements and text banking.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among other non-WFP candidates, NNU donated similar amounts to climate activist William Lawrence, leader of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/4431020\/activist-group-organize-minneapolis-high-school-student-ice-protest\/\">Sunrise Movement<\/a>; incumbent Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-FL); and Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton, who is seeking the Senate seat left by departing Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL).<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stratton believes <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/news.wttw.com\/elections\/voters-guide\/2026-primary\/juliana-stratton\">\u201cICE must be abolished\u201d<\/a> and that universal healthcare coverage is <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/news.wttw.com\/2026\/04\/06\/lt-gov-juliana-stratton-her-us-senate-campaign-health-care-funding-and-raising-minimum\">\u201ca right\u201d<\/a> that can be guaranteed by instituting a \u201cMedicare for all\u201d model, an idea in line with NNU\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalnursesunited.org\/about\">primary policy position<\/a> of advancing the government takeover of health insurance through a single-payer \u201cMedicare for all\u201d system. Frost, formerly the national organizing director for March for Our Lives and the first Generation Z member of Congress, initially ran against the centrist wing of the Democratic Party, particularly its willingness to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wbur.org\/npr\/1109193929\/the-first-gen-z-candidates-are-running-for-congress-and-running-against-compromi\">\u201ccompromise\u201d<\/a> on key issues, including gun control. NNU has cut checks to outside groups like March for Our Lives, giving <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/projects.propublica.org\/nonprofits\/organizations\/271450491\/202322709349300047\/full\">grant money<\/a> to the gun control group\u2019s action fund.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NNU, the largest union of registered nurses in the United States, has <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/op-eds\/4634483\/union-workers-funding-lavish-lifestyles-big-labor-bosses\/\">faced criticism<\/a> for spending donor funds on political issues ostensibly unrelated to nurses\u2019 interests, all while <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/666052475849480\/posts\/682038150917579\/\">collecting membership dues<\/a> from working nurses. Even some Democratic strategists have said <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.governing.com\/archive\/gov-california-nurses-union.html\">NNU is too radical<\/a> to be an effective advocate of matters concerning healthcare.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\">Members of National Nurses United, the largest union and professional association of registered nurses in the U.S., listen from the audience on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Oct. 24, 2014, as the House Oversight Committee examines the government\u2019s response to the Ebola outbreak. On Thursday, a fourth Ebola case was diagnosed in the U.S. \u2014 a doctor in New York City who had treated patients in Guinea. (AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite) | J. Scott Applewhite<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; data-large-file=&#8221;https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2026\/07\/localimages\/f49a871d7e514d13802841f7ecbaefce-scaled<\/a>.jpg?w=696&#8243; height=&#8221;683&#8243; width=&#8221;1024&#8243; &#8220;https:><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Members of National Nurses United, the largest union and professional association of registered nurses in the U.S., listen from the audience on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Oct. 24, 2014, as the House Oversight Committee examines the government\u2019s response to the Ebola outbreak. On Thursday, a fourth Ebola case was diagnosed in the U.S. \u2014 a doctor in New York City who had treated patients in Guinea. (AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite) | J. Scott Applewhite<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since 2010, NNU\u2019s super PAC has amassed over <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/committee\/C00490375\/?tab=raising\">$26.6 million<\/a> in campaign contributions, more than <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/receipts\/?data_type=processed&#038;committee_id=C00490375&#038;contributor_name=National+Nurses+United\">$20.1 million<\/a> of which came directly from the union itself. Meanwhile, its federally registered labor organization PAC, called Fund for a Healthy America, has made <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/committee\/C00446237\/#total-spent\">over $630,000<\/a> in campaign contributions since 2008, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/disbursements\/?data_type=processed&#038;committee_id=C00446237&#038;recipient_name=C00411330&#038;recipient_name=C00638767&#038;recipient_name=C00639591&#038;recipient_name=C00668608&#038;recipient_name=C00680934\">giving repeatedly<\/a> to Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez, and her fellow \u201cSquad\u201d Reps. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Ilhan-Omar\/\">Ilhan Omar<\/a> (D-MN), <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Rashida-Tlaib\/\">Rashida Tlaib<\/a> (D-MI), and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Cori-Bush\/\">Cori Bush<\/a> (D-MO), who later lost reelection.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"h-national-union-of-healthcare-workers\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">National Union of Healthcare Workers<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The National Union of Healthcare Workers, another purportedly nonpartisan union of medical professionals, has given <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/disbursements\/?data_type=processed&#038;committee_id=C00461418&#038;recipient_name=C00933036&#038;two_year_transaction_period=2026\">$10,000<\/a> to Wahab\u2019s upstart campaign and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/disbursements\/?data_type=processed&#038;committee_id=C00461418&#038;recipient_name=Working+Families&#038;two_year_transaction_period=2026\">a total of $50,000<\/a> to the WFP this year alone through its Federal Committee on Political Education.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NUHW sees political action as <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/home.nuhw.org\/what-is-a-union\/\">\u201ccritical in the healthcare industry.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The union <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/nuhw.org\/topic\/blackhistory\/\">says<\/a> its advocacy work \u201cwill never be complete until we create an anti-racist healthcare system,\u201d believes that <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/nuhw.org\/the-pandemic-proves-we-need-single-payer-medicare-for-all\/\">\u201cmedical racism,\u201d<\/a> a concept derived from critical race theory, is \u201ca crisis\u201d in America, and has hosted <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/nuhw.org\/honoring-the-memory-of-george-floyd\/\">inclusivity training sessions<\/a> aimed at \u201cdismantling white supremacy culture.\u201d Its candidate questionnaire includes <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/nuhw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/NUHW-Questionnaire-DeLeon.pdf\">a question<\/a> asking political aspirants if they have \u201ctaken concrete steps to support the work of Black Lives Matter.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-26\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-5\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NUHW has also <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/home.nuhw.org\/sanctuary-for-all\/\">declared<\/a> itself a so-called sanctuary union for illegal immigrants, promising to do \u201ceverything in its power\u201d to protect all of its members, their families, and patients, regardless of immigration status.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-american-federation-of-teachers\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">American Federation of Teachers<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to its 2026 filings, the American Federation of Teachers, the country\u2019s second-largest teachers union, has <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/disbursements\/?data_type=processed&#038;committee_id=C00028860&#038;recipient_name=Mejia&#038;recipient_name=Wahab&#038;two_year_transaction_period=2026\">financially supported<\/a> the congressional bids of Wahab and Mejia, respectively donating $2,500 and $10,000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The union\u2019s Committee on Political Education also earmarked <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/docquery.fec.gov\/cgi-bin\/fecimg\/?202605299870347007\">$500,000<\/a> for the Democrat-dedicated Senate Majority PAC, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/docquery.fec.gov\/cgi-bin\/fecimg\/?202605299870347008\">$150,000<\/a> for the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/docquery.fec.gov\/cgi-bin\/fecimg\/?202605299870347008\">$250,000<\/a> for the Democratic Governors Association, all of which were categorized as \u201cannual contributions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additionally, the AFT donated <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/docquery.fec.gov\/cgi-bin\/fecimg\/?202606209870958374\">$150,000<\/a> to Gov. Tina Kotek\u2019s (D-OR) reelection campaign on the eve of the May primary. Kotek then decided in June to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.edweek.org\/policy-politics\/another-democratic-leaning-state-will-pass-on-the-federal-school-choice-program\/2026\/06\">opt Oregon out<\/a> of the Trump administration\u2019s school choice program, which would subsidize scholarships for K-12 students to cover the cost of private school tuition and homeschooling expenses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AFT has been <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aft.org\/press-release\/aft-and-nea-call-democratic-governors-reject-trump-private-school-voucher-scheme\">lobbying<\/a> Democratic governors to reject the education tax credits offered by the program, calling it a \u201cprivate school voucher scheme.\u201d Meanwhile, the Oregon Education Association <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/oregoncapitalchronicle.com\/briefs\/oregon-working-families-party-states-largest-teachers-union-decline-to-endorse-in-governors-race\/\">declined to endorse<\/a> Kotek, despite doing so in the past, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/education\/2026\/04\/kotek-order-would-ban-oregon-school-districts-from-cutting-student-class-time-to-balance-budgets.html\">out of frustration<\/a> with the state\u2019s school funding levels.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/4583609\/while-teachers-unions-push-politics-reading-scores-hit-historic-lows\"><strong>WHILE TEACHERS UNIONS PUSH POLITICS, READING SCORES HIT HISTORIC LOWS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">National teachers unions claim the initiative would divert taxpayer dollars away from the public school system, though the funds could also pay for programming that public schools have historically struggled to fund, such as tutoring, technology, special education services, and after-school activities, through partnerships with nonprofit organizations or their existing not-for-profit foundations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kotek, who was on the fence about whether to allow Oregon to participate in the federal tax credit program, made her decision a week after the Treasury Department released <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/home.treasury.gov\/news\/press-releases\/sb0527\">guidance<\/a> on how it would be implemented. \u201cAt this point, I simply cannot trust that any education policy coming from Trump\u2019s White House is in the best interest of Oregon\u2019s kids and our public education system,\u201d Kotek said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unions fund leftist candidates ahead of 2026 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