California teachers sue union over dues, politics

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http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/11/07/california-teachers-sue-union-over-dues-politics/

By Perry ChiaramontePublished November 07, 2014FoxNews.com

Good ole Faux news....




Rebecca Friedrichs, who has taught in the city of Anaheim for nearly 30 years, is one of 10 teachers suing the California Teachers Association. (Photo by Greg Schneider)


Rebecca Friedrichs figures 30 years is long enough when it comes to paying her dues.

A fourth-grade teacher in Anaheim public schools, Friedrichs has long had problems with the way the California Teachers Association spends the union dues it takes in and the way it goes about collecting the money from the rank and file. Now she and nine other teachers from around the state are fighting back. The 10 public school teachers allege in a lawsuit that the CTA, the largest affiliate of the National Education Association, has no right to spend the rank-and-file's money on political campaigns with which members disagree.

“It’s been a long time coming,” Friedrichs told FoxNews.com. “I’ve begrudgingly paid union fees for years.”

In the case, currently before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, Friedrichs and the other teachers say the union forces them to participate in collective bargaining, pressures teachers to campaign for selected political candidates and unlawfully collects dues.

FULL story at link.

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1. first she can give back all the raises the union has gotten her nt

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2. I still pay dues

and proudly and voluntarily.

This woman is a fool IMO, a stupid fool.

Had she not wanted to pay dues she should have looked for a job elsewhere.

Stupid is as stupid does.

[Starry Messenger]

3. Stalking horse.

[vlakitti]

7. Absolutely right.

There was a lot of teacher's-union-busting talk out here in California during this electoral season. The San Francisco Chronicle was particularly virulent, almost demented, on the issue for many months.

[roody]

4. How can she afford that?

Oh yeah, she has a great union job.

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5. Let her find another job at a charter.

[Lifelong Protester]

6. She's welcome to come to WI.

I'm sure Scotty Walker and his ilk would welcome her type with open arms.