Del. Sheila Hixson
Posted on 01/14/2013 9:08:43 AM PST by massmike
As right-to-work legislation makes significant victories across the country, allowing employees to decide whether or not they want to join a union, the Maryland teachers union appears to be taking the opposite approach.
According to the Washington Examiner, the union is actively planning to make even non-union teachers pay dues in the near future.
The Washington Examiner explains:
Del. Sheila Hixson, D-Montgomery County, will introduce a bill on behalf of the Maryland State Education Association to require nonunion educators to pay a so-called fair share fee to unions equivalent to about 68 percent of the local dues. Under Maryland law, local teachers unions are required to negotiate contracts that cover all educators, whether or not they are members of the union. They also must represent nonunion educators in grievances. Association spokesman Adam Mendelson said the bill wouldn’t force people to join the union, just require them to help pay for the union benefits they receive. “All school employees benefit from those services, but there’s not a companion or complementary law for fair share that requires all employees to contribute to those benefits they enjoy,” Mendelson said. [Emphasis added] Maryland state employees have been subject to “fair share” fees since 2009, according to the Maryland Reporter, but teachers aren’t covered by the law.
A number of counties have already targeted teachers with the fees, though, and since the union already covers about 80% of Maryland teachers, the move appears to be an effort to grab the relatively small number of educators who are still not paying dues.
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Fascists
unions should pay taxes not collect them
Del. Sheila Hixson
More theft and coercion by democrats.
A friend of mine who is a teacher in California did not join the union, however she still must pay the same amount to a charity of her choice as long as the charity is from a union approved list. (Yes, they are all leftist charities.)
I loath unions.
To quote Marcia Brady, “ugly...ugly...UGLY!”
A thug protection racket, you wanna work? ...then, you gotta pay.
A thug protection racket, you wanna work? ...then, you gotta pay.
These are Fascist pig actions worth fighting against, and yes, I am advocating violence.
Lol.
Jackie Chan is pretty much correct.
"If you mention extortion again, I'll have your legs broken."
We need more offense.
I wish at least two more of the GOP held states would push forward on RTW. Michigan did incalculable damage to the unions and the democrats (some $250 million to democrats annually) and now they’re grabbing for cash elsewhere.
Two wrongs don’t make a right. The logical response would be to repeal the requirement for the union to represent non-members.
“Fair share” is fast becoming the new version of “for the children.”
This seems similar to scams where they send you something you don’t want, didn’t ask for and can’t get out of, and then they ding your credit card each month for the magazine subscription, book, or whatever it is. I wonder when they will come up with the idea of making home schoolers pay into them as well somehow. All they think about is money.
It’s Maryland, Democrats rule.
We are trying hard to change it , but there are too many Obama voters in the critical counties. Montgomery being one of them. It gets mighty dark in PG, Baltimore, Howard, and Baltimore Counties, with the shadow extending itself into Charles.
The mantra of Com-union-ists everywhere: “fair share”. Ours is ours and yours is negotiable.
I live in MD - its not a “Right To Work” state ...
BTW: I do work just across the river in VA - where it is “Right To Work” ...
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