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In some cases you're required to pay union dues regardless of whether you join or not. This is apparently the case for teacher's unions in 22 states + DC.[1] So
by qrendel 11y ago
In some cases you're required to pay union dues regardless of whether you join or not. This is apparently the case for teacher's unions in 22 states + DC.[1] So "don't do business with them" isn't even always an option.
[1] http://www.teachersunionexposed.com/teachers.php http://www.teachersunionexposed.com/teachers.php
- tosseraccount 11y agoDon't want a closed shop? Don't sign a contract that closes the shop. Lots of businesses sign sole source contracts.
- dalke 11y agoThose are agency fees, not union dues. Quoting from the link you gave, "This fee costs the same as union dues, minus the cost of the union’s direct political giving". Edit: Downvotes for making a minor vocabulary correction? Imagine what would happen if I had pointed out that tomato is botanically a fruit, even if it is the state vegetable of New Jersey. (And yes, this topic made it to the Supreme Court in Nix v. Hedden.)