Teachers who object to paying union fees on religious grounds are too political, some union leaders in Pennsylvania argue in a new twist on long-standing complaints about organized labor’s involvement in elective politics.
But at least two of those teachers, who just had their day in court to put state labor laws under scrutiny, see more than a little irony at work in the union complaints.
Lawyers for Jane Ladley, who taught in public schools for 25 years before retiring in 2014 from Avon Grove School District in Chester County, argued her case Dec. 11 before the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg.
Joining Ladley in suing the Pennsylvania State Education Association, a teachers union, was Chris Meier, a history and economics teacher at Penn Manor High School in Lancaster County for the past 10 years.
Neither teacher is a member of PSEA, but the union secured contractual agreements with their respective school districts that require non-members such as Ladley and Meier to pay what the union calls “fair share fees.”
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Friend of mine had his forced union dues go to the NRA... the union constantly hounded him about it...but they had to let him. Priceless!
ReplyDeleteThat's a lie 7:50 and you know it. More people go to hell for lying than killing
DeleteWell you can put it in the bank the forced union dues in Maryland are being donated to the Democratic Party as a campaign donation.
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