Trump will likely appoint a justice to the U.S. Supreme Court, reviving the effort to end the ability of NEA and AFT (as well as other public - sector unions) to
forcibly collect dues from teachers regardless of desire for membership.
One lies with state laws and the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Abood v. Detroit Board of Education, which allow for the unions to
forcibly collect dues and so - called agency fees from teachers regardless of their desire for membership — and then deploy them for explicit and implicit political activities.
Not exact matches
For those of us who cover the nation's education crisis, it is easy to joke about the ranting and raving of some defenders of traditional public education, who have what they consider to be clever names for charter schools and impugn the motivations of reformers with wealth (even as they defend teachers unions who bring in $ 622 million every year through
dues collected forcibly from teachers who may or many not even support their aims).
Any failure to properly withhold and timely pay is a serious violation of tax code and authorizes the IRS to
forcibly collect the tax
due and levy substantial penalties and accrued interest.