You read that right. : California. : Maybe they’re waking up:
In states that do not have ‘right-to-work’ laws, like California, union members are forced to pay roughly $1,000 a year in dues that help finance political objectives some members may have objections to.
: Union reps say those fees help their efforts to improve workplace safety, for instance, and get better contracts for all employees. They add that teachers can opt-out of paying dues that fund political activities.But many teachers say opting out is a difficult and intimidating process and claim they face harassment and losing their liability insurance. Others say they get only a fraction of their money back.:
“The unions are free to push whatever agenda they please,” says grade school teacher Rebecca Friedrichs, Fox News reports. “I have no problem with that, but I do have a problem with them taking my money to push an agenda with which I do not agree.”
Twenty-four states are now right to work. : Missouri is working on it. : That would make an even 50 percent.
And if Michigan and Wisconsin can be right to work, so can California.
Man, that would freak the Democrats out, wouldn’t it?