[francky]

For an arbitration I belong to the NEA for a few short years and it was the only time I ever had to write on my NEA application which party I belonged to and the amount I was contributing.

[rhema]

In my teaching days, I bailed out of the NEA and joined The Association of American Educators. No longer teaching, I still retain my AAE membership to get their excellent newsletter, Education Matters.

[rhema]

P.S. to my post #21 about NEA (and AFT) contributions to advocacy groups:

Here is an alphabetic list of the 164 recipients of NEA's contributions, with relevant web links. All of these were paid for with members' dues money (the union's federal PAC is a separate entity funded through voluntary means).