They will lie to teachers to try to make them believe that they're not a part of those things. But the evidence is all out there. They are very much a part of all those things. There's really no difference from joining your local union and joining the NEA directly. because, frankly, you have to join both. When you join the local, you literally are in the national one, you're literally paying into it. (02:15–02:20)
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