California nonunion teachers were allegedly forced to fund gay rights conferences and other progressive causes because their school union categorized the spending as nonpolitical.
The California Teachers Association (CTA) spent nearly 2.3 million to advance progressive causes between 2013 and 2014. The union allegedly didn’t categorize the spending as political, allowing them to charge members and nonmembers alike, The Daily Signal found Friday. Nonmembers can be charged representation fees but cannot be forced to cover political expenditures.
“Union bosses are notorious for bankrolling political causes that much of their membership does not support,” Center for Union Facts Executive Director Richard Berman told The Daily Caller News Foundation. “Big Labor sent nearly $420 million to Democrats and left-wing causes from 2012 to 2014, even though 40 percent of union members vote Republican in any given election cycle.”
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Kill the Unions. They are damaging to our Nation...
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ReplyDeleteAgreed, 547. At 62, I've never worked a union job, thinking the dues and pension would wind up in a crash.
ReplyDeleteLooks like I was right.