California Teachers Union Accused of Spying on Parents Who Wanted Schools to Reopen

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California Teachers Union Accused of Spying on Parents Who Wanted Schools to Reopen

By Eric Lendrum
September 7, 2022

In California, a teachers union has been accused of spying on the parents of students who demanded the reopening of schools and the rollback of COVID-era restrictions.

The New York Post reports that emails from the California Teachers Association (CTA) were recently uncovered showing that the union had hired a “researcher” to do opposition research on San Diego parents who had successfully sued to have the state reopen schools in March of 2021.

Obtained through a public records request, the emails revealed that the CTA had hired Ann Swinburn in April of 2021, just one month after the successful lawsuit, for the purpose of uncovering “some of the ideological leaning of groups that are funding the reopen lawsuits.” Swinburn, in now-archived tweets, had previously claimed, with no evidence, that parental rights groups and other organizations that supported reopening were funded by right-wing groups and big money.

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Source:  https://amgreatness.com/2022/09/07/california-teachers-union-accused-of-spying-on-parents-who-wanted-schools-to-reopen/