How is the teachers’ union really viewed by teachers?

Teachers all across the country are required to pay for union representation in order to engage in their profession. If a teacher refuses to pay, the union can often have her fired.

What’s worse, unions use collective bargaining money for political activity, often in direct violation of teachers’ views.

The Attorney General of Washington and a group of teachers are taking this issue to the U.S. Supreme Court in two cases against the Washington Education Association. The Court is expected to announce in early October whether it will take the case.

You can find out the latest news on this case by visiting:
www.teachers-vs-union.org

Employees who are not members of a union can be required to pay dues as a condition of employment. In such a situation, U.S. Supreme Court case law lays out First Amendment protections to ensure employees are not forced to support political activity against their will. Washington’s law (RCW 42.17.760) established the additional requirement that nonmembers must “affirmatively authorize” any use of their dues for union political activity.

This could get real good.. I say we eliminate the NEA altogether, education is local we should keep it local.