🚨 One of the nation’s largest teachers, unions,
@AFTunion (led by the infamous left-wing activist
@RWeingarten), has made clear that political activism is its top priority — and that prioritization of politics, over the well being of its members, may have just landed Randi and her cronies in hot water 👇
Today, we’re calling on the Department of Labor to investigate whether
@AFTunion is using its influence over teacher pension systems to advance a political agenda.
Our belief is that
@AFTunion’s political activism directly conflicts with the fiduciary obligations owed by public pension trustees (which the
@AFTunion openly acknowledges it influences).
There are a litany of examples of this. To name a few,
@AFTunion and
@RWeingarten have supported:
- Pressure campaigns targeting firearm manufacturers
- Fossil fuel divestment initiatives
- Consumer boycotts against Target over its DEI policies
- Threats of divestment from GM and Stellantis over union demands
In 2025, Weingarten even demanded asset managers divest from Tesla, citing purely political concerns about
@ElonMusk, claiming she was “safeguarding workers’ retirements.” (Tesla stock has increased by more than 40% since she made those comments.)
It appears clear to us that union leadership is encouraging teachers and trustees to economically pressure companies that may also be generating returns for teacher retirement systems.
We’re calling on
@USDOL Acting Secretary
@Sonderling47 to take a closer look to ensure that teachers’ retirement systems aren’t being used to push a political agenda.