Sentences with phrase «of union dues»

Even more troubling is the fact that a good portion of her union dues goes to support harmful educational policies.

Under the contract, actual take - home pay will rise less than these figures suggest because of union dues and fees.

Further, the absence of unions means the absence of union dues and union work obligations, which together could easily account for a quarter to a half of the total wage differential.

After making all of those sacrifices, she still has to pay a mandatory fee equal to about two - thirds of the union dues.

But the transformation had been in the making since March 2011 when Colbeck and a fellow freshman, state Representative Mike Shirkey, first seriously considered legislation to ban mandatory collection of union dues as a condition of employment in Michigan.

Government workers have been allowed to receive a refund check for a portion of their union dues for about four decades, but only a small number have chosen to do so.

(a) Implement fundamental curbs on the rights of public sector unions, including: Grant all public sector workers the right to opt - out of union membership and payment of any union dues including agency fees.

Substitute teachers can deduct 100 percent of their union dues on their federal return, and they can deduct all expenses paid to other professional associations related to their work.

Requiring the inclusion of a «Rand Formula» provision in every collective agreement, effectively requiring the mandatory deduction and remittance of union dues for all unionized employers.

The United Federation of Teachers is drafting plans to dramatically slash its $ 182 million budget — anticipating a Supreme Court ruling that would bar mandatory deduction of union dues from...

There are already several bills that seek to address Janus: One from IDC state Sen. Marisol Alcantara of Manhattan and Democratic Assemblyman Peter Abbate Jr. of Brooklyn would make it more difficult for workers to opt out of their union dues.

Furthermore, the collection of union dues directly from teacher paychecks, a common practice in many school districts, augments teacher power by generating resources that can be used in political campaigns for school board, state, and national elections.

The Supreme Court announced today that it will hear a case brought by ten teachers who say that California's requirement that they pay the equivalent of union dues violates their free speech rights.

Proposed ballot initiatives on teacher tenure and the political use of union dues qualified last week for the next statewide elections in California.

In Los Angeles, parents aren't interested in protecting a bloated bureaucracy or preserving a steady flow of union dues.

One such executive, AFT's Kombiz Lavasany, asserted that the report was «sadly dishonest [because the] vast majority of union dues support things universally supported,» such as «work to represent and work for better pay, work conditions, professionalism.»

While these concepts may seem alien to many of us in the West today, people here in our own country that toil away in non-right-to-work states must pay Tribute — in the form of union dues — if they want to be employed in certain professions.

I have already informed the President of HFT that, should Melodie Peters (President of AFT - CT) give Malloy our Union's endorsement, I will not only withhold that portion of my union dues going to AFT - CT but will lead demonstrations in front of AFT - CT's office.

Published reports suggest the investigation concerns misappropriation of union dues for personal benefit — the same type of scandal that rocked the Washington Teachers Union (WTU) earlier this year.

While the inclusion of a job in the bargaining unit does have some impact on bargaining unit members by way of union dues, she concludes the impact is only incidental to the greater right of the individuals to claim the position.

The current provision of the Code that suspends the collection and remittance of union dues during an illegal strike would be removed.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday decided to hear a case that could curtail the mandatory payment of union dues — leading to an outcry from labor unions in New York.

Tornillo was ultimately charged with using over $ 650,000 of union dues on personal expenses.

Without heed to the demonstration outside, the Board wisely opted to save taxpayers money and put the contentious issue behind them by formally prohibiting district collection of union dues and compensation of unaccountable union officers:

As teacher union watchdog Mike Antonucci points out, the unions will claim that fee - payers (those who opt out of paying the political portion of their union dues) «are not supporting unions» political speech in any meaningful way.»

In the other 26 and Washington, D.C., they don't have to belong but must still pay the portion of union dues that goes toward collective bargaining and other non-political union - related activities.

If that seems like a lot, consider than in 2010 - 11, the PSEA poured a jaw - dropping $ 4.2 million of union dues on lobbying — an increase of 60 percent in just one year.