Arizona GOP moves to defund teachers union after it targeted school voucher program

By: Gloria Rebecca Gomez

Outlets: Arizona Mirror

Published: March 12, 2026

Words: 1,313

Last Updated: 4 months, 2 weeks ago

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The Arizona Education Association is the state’s largest teachers union, and it frequently advocates for or against legislation and political candidates on behalf of its more than 22,000 members. Republican lawmakers want to make it harder for the union to exist.

Last month, GOP legislators gutted a bill about minimum wage to create a proposal that would place strict limits on how teachers can organize. And because it’s ensconced in a ballot referral that …

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