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Union Dues Under Fire

By The Associated Press — May 24, 2011 1 min read
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Republican state senators on a North Carolina legislative committee voted last week to strip the state’s top teacher lobbying group, the North Carolina Association of Educators, of the ability to have voluntary membership dues deducted directly from teachers’ paychecks. The Alabama Education Association is suing over similar legislation signed in its state late last year.

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A version of this article appeared in the May 25, 2011 edition of Education Week as Union Dues Under Fire

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