New Jersey’s Teacher Union Strength Profile

New Jersey’s Teacher Union Strength Profile

New Jersey Overall Rank: 4th Tier 1 (Strongest) Stronger     Weaker Overall         4 Resources and Membership         2 Involvement in Politics         3 Labor and Bargaining Policies         23 Policy Wins and Losses         4 Perceived Influence         16 New Jersey has the nation’s fourth-strongest teacher unions. Relative to their counterparts in other states, they exhibit the most strength in Resources and Membership (2nd),…

New Study: The NJEA Is One of the Most Powerful Teachers Unions in the Nation and Takes More of Teachers' Money than Any Other Union.

To New Jerseyans who follow our state’s politics, it will come as little surprise that the NJEA was ranked as one of the strongest teachers union in the nation.* According to a new report by the Fordham Institute — updating its 2012 report — New Jersey’s teachers unions ranked as the 4th-strongest in the nation. (Once again, the excellent NJEdReport flagged the Fordham report, and their take on it is worth reading in full). The report measured v…