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The OptOutToday project advocates for government employees by informing them of their First Amendment rights to leave their union and still keep their job.

[Freedom Foundation @FreedomFdtn]

🧵Arizona voters are about to decide whether taxpayer resources should continue funding teachers’ union organizing and politics in public schools!

Late last week, the Arizona Legislature passed HCR 2040 (a Freedom Foundation-backed bill) after a tense all-night session and debate. The bill now heads straight to the November ballot.

This is a major step toward ending teachers' unions' misuse of public funds!

[Julie Collier @JuliewithPALs]

As a public school teacher in Oklahoma I am not interested in participating in the teachers’ unions indoctrination. Common sense teachers need to take back their dues and leave their teachers’ unions. Our profession is far too important to be influenced by anything other than student academic success.

[Freedom Foundation @FreedomFdtn]

The landmark Janus v. AFSCME ruling set a new standard of freedom for workers nationwide.

@MaxfordNelsen @Freedom4Teachrs

[Freedom Foundation @FreedomFdtn]

In case you missed it — Randi Weingarten's vanity project and manifesto was exposed as a giant misuse of member funds, and she is now calling our reporting on it full of "errors.”

There aren't any. If she's this evasive about something this documented, it's worth asking what else she's not being straight about.

https://t.co/4iPltD4URh

[Freedom Foundation @FreedomFdtn]

🚨We just dropped a bombshell report exposing how Randi Weingarten's union, the American Federation of Teachers, spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in teachers' hard-earned dues money to bankroll her vanity book project.

They dropped over $400,000 on a ghostwriter, paid for her professional headshots, a fancy literary agent, and even a million-dollar law firm to review the manuscript — all while Weingarten pocketed $125,000 herself through a shady LLC...

[Freedom Foundation @FreedomFdtn]

���Randi Weingarten and the corrupt AFT just had a MELTDOWN over our report exposing how they spent over $1.4 MILLION in teachers' dues on her ridiculous, communist book "Why Fascists Fear Teachers".

In her press release she calls our report “fake”, “error-riddled”, and said we're funded by “dark money” from “undisclosed and unaccountable billionaires” whose mission is “to silence the voice of workers.”

Reality check, Randi: Our report is based 100% on your own public LM-2 filings with the Department of Labor. No dark money. Just cold, hard numbers straight from the AFT’s own financial disclosure.

This is the kind of tantrum union bosses throw when the receipts come out... (1/6)

[Freedom Foundation @FreedomFdtn]

A new Freedom Foundation investigative report shows how the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in teachers' dues to fund the writing and promotion of Randi Weingarten’s book, Why Fascists Fear Teachers.

The report, authored by our Director of Research and Government Affairs @MaxfordNelsen, is based on an analysis of AFT’s most recent Form LM-2 disclosure filed with the US Department of Labor.

Among the findings:
✅AFT paid over $400K to leftist writer Sally Kohn as a “day-to-day thought partner and collaborator”
✅AFT paid $6K for fact-checking, $5,212 for Weingarten’s author photograph, and $64,090 in publication expenses to InkWell Management
✅AFT paid nearly $1 million to a liberal law firm whose attorney is credited in the book’s acknowledgements for conducting a legal review of the manuscript
✅Despite Weingarten’s public claims that half of all book proceeds would go to AFT charities, financial records suggest the charities received only one-third of early royalties — with another $125,000 paid to Weingarten herself via a sketchy Delaware LLC called "Teachers Want What Kids Need"

[Freedom Foundation @FreedomFdtn]

VICTORY IN FLORIDA!

Gov. DeSantis just signed SB 1296 into law, a landmark bill delivering MASSIVE reforms to public unions:

• Raises the bar on union elections: No more low-turnout power grabs!  Unions now need at least 50% participation from the bargaining unit and majority approval to get certified or recertified.

• Ends taxpayer-funded union politics: Paid leave is now strictly limited to contract negotiations and grievances (unions must reimburse taxpayers for anything else).

Florida is leading America in putting public workers over big unions!

[Ryan Walters @RyanWalters_]

Go to https://t.co/8dcmFHwNwX ! @FreedomFdtn

[OptOutToday @OptOutToday]

Real stories, real savings. Here's what one teacher from Kentucky had to say after he saved $3,000 over three years by opting out of his union!

[Freedom Foundation @FreedomFdtn]

Like most schemes, unions are easy to get in and seemingly impossible to get out of. That's why the Freedom Foundation and @OptOutToday are here to help!

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[OptOutToday @OptOutToday]

Teachers: That $75-120 leaving your paycheck every month? It doesn't have to.

Go to https://t.co/RisNyfWxli to learn how you can keep it.

[OptOutToday @OptOutToday]

Friendly reminder that your union dues are 100% optional, thanks to the Supreme Court. Check out our website for more information.

[Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist @DeAngelisCorey]

Opt out NOW.
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[Freedom Foundation @FreedomFdtn]

Florida puts workers first. Oregon puts unions first. The workers didn't ask to be caught in the middle — but here they are. Here's what's really going on.

https://t.co/Mnn4f5R6FY

[OptOutToday @OptOutToday]

Real stories, real savings. Here's what one teacher from Kentucky had to say after he saved $3,000 over three years by opting out of his union!

[Aaron Withe @AaronWithe]

Unions know they can’t win on the merits, so they’re running to state legislatures to lobby for laws designed to make our outreach illegal.

We fought this same unconstitutional scheme in Oregon, and that case is now before the 9th Circuit. We will fight it in Hawaii too.

[OptOutToday @OptOutToday]

Teachers, give your paycheck a raise. If you don't want to pay dues to a union you disagree with, you don't have to!

Opt out of your union dues today and keep your money where it belongs: in your pocket. Start the easy process here: https://t.co/wCORv1Wpfn

[Freedom Foundation @FreedomFdtn]

On the one-year anniversary of the horrible October 7 Hamas attack on Israel, the Freedom Foundation sued UTLA on behalf of seven Jewish teachers.

This video highlights Amy’s story and exposes why she’s standing up to union-driven anti-semitism in Los Angeles.

Watch now: https://t.co/IH9M0uuLT1

[OptOutToday @OptOutToday]

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Watch this to discover what that money could really be worth in retirement with our free Dues Calculator!

Plug in your numbers and see how opting out and investing could build your future wealth. Try it now at https://t.co/JkVCSQV2F0