{"id":38190,"date":"2016-01-12T15:14:15","date_gmt":"2016-01-12T20:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smart-union.dev\/news\/ttd-why-you-should-care-about-union-court-cases\/"},"modified":"2016-01-12T15:14:15","modified_gmt":"2016-01-12T20:14:15","slug":"ttd-why-you-should-care-about-union-court-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/ttd-why-you-should-care-about-union-court-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"TTD: Why you should care about union court cases","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"
Yesterday (January 11), the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case you may have heard about \u2014\u00a0Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association (CTA).<\/em><\/p>\n The gist of the case is this: many California public school teachers are members of CTA. Like all union members, California teachers can choose whether or not to join the union. However, when the majority of people vote to form a union (as is the case with California school teachers), the union is required by law to represent everyone in the workplace, whether that employee is a union member or not. Teachers who don\u2019t want to belong to a union only have to contribute to the costs of the representation they receive. Because all teachers enjoy the benefits, job security and other protections the union negotiates, it is only fair that all employees contribute to the cost of securing those benefits and protections.<\/p>\n Pretty simple, right? Not so fast. Those challenging this common-sense system argue that simply paying fair-share fees is a violation of free speech.<\/p>\n So why should transportation workers across the country care about teachers in California?<\/p>\n Learn more by visiting\u00a0http:\/\/americaworkstogether.us\/<\/a>\u00a0and by following #WorkTogether on Twitter.<\/p>\n\n
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