The largest teachers union – and largest labor union – in the country has contributed $7 million to Fair Share Massachusetts, the referendum committee campaigning for a ballot question that would increase state income taxes on incomes of $1 million or more.
The National Education Association has so far contributed $7 million in cash plus more than $225,000 in an in-kind contribution for focus groups and public opinion polling, according to the web site of the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance.
The Massachusetts Teachers Association has contributed more than $10 million in cash to Fair Share Massachusetts, the referendum committee stumping for a ballot question that would increase income taxes on people who earn more than $1 million a year.
The teachers union has also given more than $325,000 to the referendum committee in so-called in-kind contributions, meaning goods and services as opposed to cash.
