The National Education Association receives a lot of attention for its reported spending on the financial disclosure reports with the U.S. Department of Labor. The Education Intelligence Agency’s analysis of the 2007-08 report showed that “the national union contributed $11.7 million to a wide variety of advocacy groups, charities, and advisors” (click here to see the list).
The actual report is long and cumbersome, but if you want to look at it yourself, here’s what you do:
- Go to UnionReports.gov on the U.S. Department of Labor website.
- Scroll down under “Union Reports and Constitutions and Bylaws” and follow the “Union Search” link.
- In the box next to “File Number”, type in “000-342″ and click the “Submit” button.
- Click on the link “2008 Report” under “Fiscal Year”.
You can do the same for the American Federation of Teachers. But for Step 3, enter “000-012″ in the box next to “File Number”.