Table of Contents

• The NEA and AFT Teacher Unions In Power and Politics
  • CHAPTER 1 -- Introduction: The Rationale and Point of View
    • The point of view
    • NEA/AFT merger

      • Table 1.1
      • Merged Membership and Budget

    • Differences between the NEA and AFT:Do they matter?
  • CHAPTER 2 -- Teacher Union Organizational Structures
    • The National Education Association (NEA)

      • Table 2.1 NEA Membership, July 30,1993

    • Representative Assembly (RA)
    • Standing Committees of the RA
    • Strategic Objective Standing Committees
    • Advisory Standing Committees

      • Special Committees
      • Table 2.2
      • NEA Structure (Updated 12/96)

    • State Education Associations
      • Local Education Associations
    • American Federation of Teachers (AFT)

      • Table 2.3
      • AFT Organizational Structure

      • Biennial Convention
      • Committees
    • Conclusion
  • CHAPTER 3 -- The Revenues and Expenditures of Teacher Unions
    • NEA General Fund Income
      • Membership Dues
        • Table 3.1
        • NEA Receipts and Disbursements, Form LM-2
        • Table 3.2
        • NEA Assets and Liabilities, Form LM-2
        • Table 3.3
        • NEA Membership and Dues
        • Table 3.4
        • UniServ Funding Summary
      • NEA Service (Agency) Fees
      • External Recoveries
    • NEA General Fund Expenditures

      • NEA Program and Administration

    • NEA special purpose funds
    • AFT general funds/union dues and fees
    • AFT separate funds

      • Table 3.5
      • AFT Receipts and Expenditures, Form LM-2
      • Table 3.6
      • AFT Assets and Liabilities, Form LM-2
      • Table 3.7
      • AFT Budget

    • Union revenues and merger
  • CHAPTER 4 -- Teacher Union Organization for Political Action
    • The NEA's legislative program
    • NEA Structure for political action
      • The NEA's Government Relations Program
      • The NEA Political Action Committee (NEA-PAC)
    • Party caucuses in the NEA
    • AFT legislative program
    • AFT committee on political education (COPE)
    • The political role of teacher unions at the local level
    • State and local teacher union PACs
    • The implications of union political convergence
    • CHAPTER 5 -- Teacher Union Political Operations: Three Case Studies
    • The 1993 California Voucher Initiative (Proposition 174)
      • The NEA Role
      • The Role of the California Teachers Association (CTA)
        • Table 5.1
        • Citizens Against Proposition 174 Funds
      • American Federation of Teachers (AFT)
      • California Federation of Teachers (CFT)
    • Alabama: The Hubbert campaign*
    • New York: The Cuomo campaigns
      • Teacher unions and political parties
  • CHAPTER 6 -- Union Sponsored Member Benefit Programs

    • NEA special services
    • NEA Member Benefits Corporation
    • NEA Members Insurance Trust

    • NEA legal assistance funds and programs
      • NEA Employees Assistance Fund, Inc.
      • NEA Kate Frank/DuShane Fund
      • Educators Employment Liability Program
      • Association Professional Liability Program
      • NEA Attorney Referral Program
    • Direct services to members
    • NEA state association benefit programs
    • AFT member benefit programs
    • AFT legal assistance funds
      • AFT Defense Fund
      • AFT Militancy Fund
    • Policy issues in member benefits
  • CHAPTER 7 -- NEA/AFT Merger: A Historical Perspective
    • New Business Items 1993-A and 1993-B: The 1993 convention background
    • The role of Albert Shanker
  • CHAPTER 8 -- Merger Issues
    • The secret ballot issue
    • Staff vs. membership control
    • The status of support personnel
    • The NEA's tax exemption
    • Merger and organizational differences: Concluding observations
  • CHAPTER 9 -- NEA/AFT Merger: Unionism's New Center of Gravity
    • Origins of public sector unionism
    • A merger unique in labor history
    • Implications of an NEA/AFT merger for the AFL-CIO
    • Social unionism: The new labor philosophy
    • Policy and political consequences of social unionism
  • CHAPTER 10 -- The Future of Teacher Unions
    • NEA/AFT and higher education
    • An alternative to NEA/AFT
    • Merger as a wake-up call
    • Teacher unions and the conservatives
  • EPILOGUE
  • APPENDICES
    • A. New Business Item 1993-A and 1993-B
    • B. NEA Charter
    • C. NEA Constitution
    • D. AFT Constitution
    • E. NEA 1992 Interview Team Worksheet
    • F. Summary of Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act
  • REFERENCES

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