NEA votes to push Trump impeachment, using union dues from teachers

By SUZANNE DOWNING

July 7, 2026 – The nation’s largest teachers union has approved a policy calling for the impeachment and removal of President Donald Trump. That means educators’ union dues are now going to be used for partisan political activism rather than classroom priorities.

Delegates to the annual Representative Assembly of the National Education Association, meeting July 3-7 in Denver, adopted a new business item directing the union to advocate for Trump’s impeachment and removal from office, while also supporting or organizing a national march on Washington before the November 2026 midterm elections.

The proposal also calls on other labor unions and progressive organizations to join what it describes as an effort to “protect democracy and defend public education.”

According to documents circulated during the assembly, the measure carries an estimated cost of $5.24 million beyond the union’s existing budget, with funding coming from member dues.

The action continues the NEA’s long-running opposition to Trump. The union has previously called for his removal.

For Alaska, the vote draws renewed attention to the political activities of NEA-Alaska, the state affiliate representing more than 11,000 public school employees.

NEA-Alaska’s political action committee usually backs Democratic candidates, or liberal Republicans.

At the federal level, the Alaka union has endorsed Mary Peltola in previous elections and currently recommends her US Senate campaign through the national NEA’s Education Votes program.

For Alaska’s at-large US House race, the organization has recommended Bill Hill.

At the state level, recent NEA-Alaska endorsements have included Senators Jesse Bjorkman and Kelly Merrick, and Representatives Chuck Kopp and Louise Stutes, along with Fairbanks candidate Joy Beth Cottle, reflecting the union’s willingness to support liberal Republicans who align with its education agenda. In 2018, the NEA endorsed then-Gov. Bill Walker for reelection. He lost to Gov. Mike Dunleavy but is running again, his fifth run for governor.

Regardless of the resolution’s passage, there is no realistic legislative path for impeachment, unless the Democrats take over the Senate, which is the main goal of Sen. Chuck Schumer and a key reason why the national Democrats are fighting hard for Mary Peltola to flip Alaska’s Senate seat now held by the Real Sen. Dan Sullivan. Impeachment can occur only through action by Congress. The US House of Representatives would first have to approve articles of impeachment by a majority vote, followed by a two-thirds vote in the Senate for conviction and removal.