Teachers unions are “bullies” that are “destroying our children’s future,” argues a new ad campaign developed by the State 
Government 
Leadership 
Foundation, a Republican group that works for conservative causes at the state level.

“These bullies make hundreds of thousands of dollars and protect failing teachers at the expense of children,” the narrator says as images of a “union official” counting twenty-dollar bills and intimidating schoolkids flash across the screen. “Teacher union bullies block education reform while American kids fall further behind the Chinese.”

According to the group’s press release, the ad, which debuts during Teacher Appreciation Week, “targets
 states
 where
 teachers
 unions
 have
 most 
onerously 
abused 
their 
influence
 over 
our
 nation’s
 public 
schools,
 including
 New 
York,
 New
 Mexico,
 Michigan,
 Illinois, 
New
 Jersey
 and
 Connecticut.”

“Although 
the 
typical 
teacher 
is 
hard
working 
and
 effective,
 teachers 
unions
 are 
more 
interested 
in 
maintaining
 the 
status 
quo 
and 
protecting 
the
 worst 
teachers,
 rather 
than 
incentivizing
 excellence
 and 
rewarding 
success,” Sarah 
Lenti,
 a senior 
policy 
advisor at the SGLF, said in a statement.

Watch the video, via the SGLF:

Photo credit: Screenshot/SGLF