National Education Association (NEA)

NEA's Locals and Other Affiliated Organizations

Union	Unit Name/Location	Members
National Education Association National Headquarters	Washington, DC	3,167,412
National Education Association State Association	Pennsylvania Harrisburg, PA	192,032
National Education Association State Association	Michigan Education Association East Lansing, MI	153,938
National Education Association State Association	Florida Education Asn Tallahassee, FL	141,637
National Education Association State Association	Illinois Education Association Springfield, IL	132,940
National Education Association State Association	Ohio Education Association Columbus, OH	126,953
National Education Association State Association	Education Minnesota St Paul, MN	84,422
National Education Association State Association	Texas Teachers Association Austin, TX	56,284
National Education Association Association	New York Educators Association Latham, NY	39,327
National Education Association State Association	Maine Education Association Augusta, ME	25,092

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The Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA), which is enforced by the Office of Labor-Management Standards, requires labor unions to file annual reports detailing their operations. Contained in those reports are breakdowns of each union's spending, income and other financial information.

The Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS) requires unions to report how they spent their money in a number of categories. For the first five, OLMS requires unions to provide detailed information on any recipient that received more than $5,000 per year.

Total Spent in 2011: $391,879,517.00

Spending Breakdown

• Representational^?: $50,659,498.00 (12.93%)
• Political Activities and Lobbying^?: $45,225,412.00 (11.54%)
• Contributions, Gifts, and Grants^?: $87,908,647.00 (22.43%)
• General Overhead^?: $41,953,117.00 (10.71%)
• Union Administration^?: $71,997,098.00 (18.37%)
• Strike Benefits^?: $3,357.00 (0.00%)
• To Union Officers^?: $4,292,756.00 (1.10%)
• To Union Employees^?: $48,804,394.00 (12.45%)
• Education^?: $0.00 (0.00%)
• Fees^?: $0.00 (0.00%)

Total Members: 3,167,412

Top Ten Highest Paid Leaders

Name	Title	Total Compensation
JOHN WILSON	EXEC DIRECTOR	$492,484.00
DENNIS VAN ROEKEL	PRESIDENT	$460,060.00
LILY ESKELSEN	VICE PRESIDENT	$371,904.00
JOHN YRCHIK	ST.AFF EXECDIR	$328,617.00
BECKY PRINGLE	NEA SECTY/TREAS	$325,384.00
JOYCE POWELL	EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE	$285,673.00
THANG NGUYEN	INTERIMDIR	$285,225.00
JOHN STOCKS	DEPEXECDIR	$273,146.00
MAURICE JOSEPH	DEPGENCOUNSEL	$263,063.00
BOUY TE	DIRECTOR	$262,171.00

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FEC

Overall Contributions

Democrats: $40,247,782.00 (0.7181)

Republicans: $15,613,104.00 (0.2786)

NEA's Political Action Committees

Political Action Committee	Total Contributed
National Education Assn	$26,489,541.00
National Education Assn	$21,914,547.00
NEA Advocacy Fund	$4,700,000.00
California Teachers Assn	$1,552,564.00
Pennsylvania State Education Assn	$490,089.00
Massachusetts Teachers Assn	$467,747.00
Florida Education Assn	$308,400.00
Maryland State Teachers Assn	$78,449.00
Ohio Education Assn	$23,880.00
Kansas National Education Assn	$9,215.00
Duval Teachers United	$6,578.00
National Education Assn	$3,385.00
Prince George's County Education Assn	$1,200.00
Frederick County Teachers Assn	$910.00
Michigan Education Assn	$750.00
Wicomico County Education Assn	$500.00
Kent County Teachers Assn	$400.00
Cecil County Classroom Teachers Assn	$370.00
Carroll County Education Assn	$50.00
Queen Anne's County Education Assn	$40.00

527 Spending

A union's 527 committee makes contributions to political candidates and other organizations for the purpose of influencing the outcome of an election. Unlike Political Action Committees, which are strictly regulated by the Federal Election Commission, 527s are regulated by the IRS. These committees are often considered a form of "soft money."

Total 527 Expenditures: $25,276,174.00

NEA's 527 Committee(s)

527 Committee	Total Spent
National Education Assn	$12,647,498.00
NEA Advocacy Fund	$4,900,000.00
Ohio Education Assn	$3,917,333.00
Florida Education Assn	$1,697,933.00
New Jersey Education Assn	$702,343.00
Clark County Education Assn	$506,497.00
Maryland State Teachers Assn	$335,273.00
Florida Education Assn	$236,973.00
Hawaii State Teachers Assn	$209,657.00
Utah Education Assn	$66,318.00
PCTA-PESPA	$39,022.00
Classroom Teachers Assn/Palm Beach	$12,794.00
San Diego Education Assn	$4,533.00

Federal Lobbying

Total Spent Lobbying: $27,063,772.00

NEA's Major Issues

Issue	Total Spent Lobbying
Taxes	$24,871,772.00
Fed Budget & Appropriations	$24,661,772.00
Education	$24,611,772.00
Retirement	$23,691,772.00
Medicare & Medicaid	$18,273,955.00
Civil Rights & Civil Liberties	$15,140,612.00
Health Issues	$13,840,610.00
Defense	$13,401,282.00
Immigration	$9,969,413.00
District of Columbia	$5,671,162.00

NEA Lobbying Groups

Client	Total Spent Lobbying
National Education Assn	$27,063,772.00

Corruption and Embezzlement Charges

The Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS) conducts investigations to determine if violations of the Labor-Management Relations and Disclosure Act (LMRDA) provisions have occurred.

Investigations are initiated based on various sources such as complaints from union members; information developed by OLMS as a result of reviewing reports filed; information developed during an OLMS audit of a union’s books and records; and information obtained from other government agencies. Investigations may involve civil matters (such as an election of union officers) or criminal matters (such as embezzlement of union funds).

Type of Criminal Activity	Number of Incidents
	1
Criminal Charges	61
Criminal Convictions	7
Embezzlement Charges	61
Guilty Pleas	55
Indictments	27
Officials Sentenced	33

The Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS) has responsibility under the Labor-Management Relations and Disclosure Act (LMRDA) to conduct audits to determine if unions are complying with the law.

OLMS uses a streamlined audit approach called the Compliance Audit Program (CAP) to audit local unions which utilizes specialized records review and investigative techniques to verify LMRDA compliance.

Local	Violations	View Audit
NEA Local 103458		Full Audit Text

Unionized employees can elect to revoke a union's right to represent them through a process called a decertification. In order to decertify a union, a majority of the unionized employees must vote to remove the union in an election overseen by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).

Total Decertification Petitions: 4

Recent Decertification Petitions

Case Number	Name/Union	Date Filed
04-RD-02139	Oxford Area School District ESPA/PSEA/NEA (Oxford Secretarial/Clerical)	April 28th, 2008
01-RD-02057	Sodexho NEARI, AFL-CIO	February 8th, 2005
06-RD-01487	UPMC Braddock Pennsylvania Nurses Association, Local 112 a/w Office and Professional Employees International Union, AFL-CIO	January 29th, 2003
06-RD-01434	The Uniontown Hospital The Uniontown Hospital Technical Employee's Association, Health Care-PSEA	January 18th, 2001

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Unionized employees, business owners, managers, and others often bring labor law charges against unions. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) oversees the porcess of determining if the union violated the National Labor Relations Act.

Allegation	Cases Filed
Duty of Fair Representation	13
Other Allegations	4
Statements	2
Refusal to Bargain (Succeeding Contract)	2
Bad Faith/Surface Bargaining (Succeeding Contract)	2
Actions of Picketers	1
All Allegations	1
Statements/Threats	1
Coercive Statements	1

Employer/Location	Union	Days on Strike	Employees on Strike
Decatur School District # 61 Decatur, IL	NEA Local	11	800
Trico School district carbondale, IL	NEA IEA Local	7	68
Mendota Elementary Dist #289 Mendota, IL	NEA Local	19	86

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