[eleni121]

...for those who choose to join his merry band.

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so you are a non unionized public school teacher?

How did you manage that?

[SoftballMominVA]

I am a public school teacher and have never been part of any union.

I teach in Virginia, we are a 'right to work' state. We cannot be compelled to be in any union as a condition of employment or continued employment. You may be in what is considered an 'at will' state where you can be compelled to be in a union.

In fact, in my school of about 65 teachers, about 15 or so are in the NEA (or VEA). In my type of state unions have no teeth and are nothing more than professional organizations.

[SoftballMominVA]

These are the right to work states

* Alabama

* Arizona - (established by state's Constitution, not by statute)

* Arkansas - (established by state's Constitution, not by statute)

* Florida - (established by state's Constitution, not by statute)

* Georgia

* Idaho

* Iowa

* Kansas

* Louisiana

* Mississippi

* Nebraska

* Nevada

* North Carolina

* North Dakota

* Oklahoma - (established by state's Constitution, not by statute)

* South Carolina

* South Dakota

* Tennessee

* Texas

* Utah

* Virginia

* Wyoming

[Clara Lou]

I teach in Texas.