The only thing the NEA believes in is peaking at 93k and retiring at 55 at 80% of that and free lifetime medical insurance.
They believe in that a lot.
I can’t speak to NEA contracts, but I can to at least some teachers’ pensions. In the school district where I taught, there was no “lifetime medical insurance”, quite the opposite. When I turned 65 and switched to Medicare (I was still teaching at the time), the district paid for my Part B and Part D expenses. They averaged about $300 less per month than the district’s provided health plan. No, I did not get the extra money, in fact my income for purposes of my pension was decreased by that amount. One reason I retired at 66 was it no longer made economic sense to keep teaching.
The NEA is stealing children’s money and education for their RV trips. How can teachers hate children so much?