Nation’s largest teachers’ union votes to endorse proposal that would cut ties with the Anti-Defamation League
According to a Nea spokesman, the National Education Association, the country’s largest teacher union, approved the proposal to cut ties with the anti -defamation league, a group of civil rights focusing on struggle against anti -Semitism.
The proposal titled New Business Item 39 was previously accepted by the union delegates at the 2025 Representative Assembly in Oregon, Oregon on July 5th.
In a statement on Wednesday, a Nea lexicon said in a statement on Wednesday, “2025 Nea Representative Assembly of more than 6,000 NEA members in a narrow game delegates, the Nea Executive Committee of the National Education Association of the National Education Association’s anti -defamation league (ADL) to vote for the voting to vote.” He said.
The proposal was not officially accepted and directed to the Nea’s executive committee for evaluation. According to a Nea spokesman, the committee will then send its advice to the union board of directors.
In a statement to Sözcü CNN, no board meeting was planned about the proposal.
ADL provided for years educational resources About anti -Semitism in American schools and Holocaust.
In an official response, the anti -defamation league described Nea’s approval as “deeply disturbing ..
“We will not be a cow to support Israel every year, and we will not be deterred from our work that reaches millions of students every year.” He said. “We understand, there is a internal Nea process that is interested in problems like this, and far from a completed process.”
The Nea represents approximately three million educators in the United States and has affiliated organizations in more than 14,000 communities in every state and throughout the country.
A Nea spokesman said on Wednesday, “As educators, we are determined to ensure that every race, religion or students of national origin have safe and hospitable areas to learn and grow,” he said.
“The National Education Association and its members are clearly determined to fight, organization and struggle against all kinds of hatred and discrimination, including anti -Semitism and anti -Filestinic bigotry,” he added. “This is a basic principle that we will never get away.”
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