Tag: TEACHERS UNION

AEA leaves members in the dark as Alabama Policy Institute, Freedom Foundation weigh in on payroll deduction ban bill

The AEA sends out a weekly legislative alert to their members last week the group failed to alert their members of a HB666 impacting education unions but while AEA has declined the opportunity to comment, others have come out in support of the legislation.

Emily Jones: The AEA must prove their ‘conservative’ rebrand in 2026

When a teachers’ union compares its relationship with conservatives to Donald Trump’s diplomacy with Kim Jong Un, you know Alabama politics are shifting in strange ways.

Emily Jones: What the AEA doesn't get about the CHOOSE Act

Make no mistake, every single complaint the AEA has against school choice is because it’s taking power away from them and putting it in the rightful hands of parents. 

Justin Bogie: Is government picking winners and losers when it comes to hourly employees?

I’m not advocating for a $15 minimum wage statewide. But I do wonder why the discussed proposal is for government employees — who are part of a powerful lobby — when too little is being done to support the private sector.