A loss in court and poor educational outcomes have weakened the union’s standing. It has responded with strikes and primary challenges to Democratic incumbents.
By Nigel Jaquiss
Oregon Journalism Project
As the May 19 primary approaches, the Oregon Education Association is flexing.
With more than 40,000 members who live and work in nearly every community in Oregon, the teachers union is a powerful political force armed with a healthy checkbook.
Other unions also boast…