So what do you do if you’re a California teacher who doesn’t want your money spent on political and policy issues with which you disagree? You sue, as 10 teachers did today in federal court.
The annual union fees for nonunion teachers are more than $1,000, which includes as much as $400 in fees for political union activities they can choose to opt out of, according to the complaint.
The teachers allege that many of the unions’ collective- bargaining activities, for which they have to pay, are contrary to their personal interests and political beliefs.
“In coordination with their express political advocacy, California’s teachers’ unions routinely take positions in the collective-bargaining process that have profound political and budgeting consequences,” the teachers said in the complaint.
