Ban on Payroll Deductions for Teacher Union Upheld

Despite a recent setback in a federal appeals court, the South Carolina Education Association plans to continue fighting the legislature's decision to authorize payroll dues deductions for the state employees' association, but not for the teachers' organization, the union's president said last week.

The teachers' union sued the state last year, after the legislature passed a bill in 1987 allowing payroll deductions specifically for membership dues to the South Carolina State Employees Association.

The teachers' union also sought the right to make payroll deductions, but without success, said Sheila Gallagher,...