This Labor Day, many New Jersey workers have good reason to ask whether union officials are serving rank-and-file members — or themselves.
It’s an especially urgent question for the 200,000 teachers represented by the New Jersey Education Association (NJEA). Two of those educators, Roselle teacher Dr. Marie Dupont and Hamilton Township teacher Ann Marie Pocklembo, allege in a lawsuit that then-NJEA president Sean Spiller misused tens of millions of dollars in teachers’ mandatory dues to finance his own 2025 bid for governor.
As NJEA president, Spiller was one of three union executives in control of its political action committee (PAC), Garden State Forward, which sent more than $40 million to groups backing his campaign, according to the lawsuit. It alleges Spiller and the NJEA violated their fiduciary duty to act in teachers’ interests.
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