The NEA Convention

As most of those reading this probably know, NEA stands for the National Education Association. I am not a member. I have chosen to join up with the Missouri State Teachers Association (MSTA). However, I would have given just about anything to be at the NEA convention in San Diego. Not so much to mingle with other educators and students, mind you. No, I wanted to be part of the protest.

Here's a copy of the news story from LifeNews.com

Pro-Life Teachers, Educators and Students Protest Abortion at NEA Convention
San Diego, CA (LifeNews.com) -- Dozens of teachers, educators and students participated in a protest at the national convention of the National Education Association to make it clear that the group's pro-abortion stance is wrongheaded. "A coalition of teachers, including NEA members, parents, taxpayers, students, children, and clergy staged a series of two-hour prayer-&-picket demonstration today at the National Education Association's convention in San Diego and several NEA state affiliate office across America," pro-life teacher Bob Pawson told LifeNews.com. "At least 120 pro-lifers supported the event at the NEA Convention, including 70 students from Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust." Dozens of pro-life advocates joined their colleagues in protesting state and regional conventions in cities ranging from Trenton and Denver to Columbus and Lincoln, Nebraska. Pro-Life leaders such as Rev. Walter Hoye, Marie Tasy of New Jersey Right to Life, and others participated in the events. "Our goal is to make the NEA national and state leadership render our union truly neutral on abortion," the NEA-New Jersey teacher added. NEA's leaders must totally disengage the NEA from abortion advocacy. The NEA's official position on abortion should be 'No Position' at all." Pawson concluded, "Abortion is an economic disaster for America in general and teachers in particular. It seems like the NEA leadership is using our collective names and finances to support an act which actually destroys our profession."

And see, this is one of several reasons why I won't join NEA. That, and the fact that they aren't really that strong on the negotiating front, like MSTA or AFT are, despite the fact that NEA is currently suing Springfield Public Schools for the right to do exclusive collective bargaining instead of letting us, the teachers, decide whom we want to represent us.

It's no wonder why they don't enforce their code of ethics. They don't follow it, themselves!