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Sacramento, California (October 20, 2005)<\/strong> \u2013 In an open letter to California Teacher Association (CTA) union chief Barbara Kerr, a group of teachers today demanded that union officials notify all CTA members how they can refrain from paying for its $60 million political campaign. The teachers have lined up $250,000 in funding from the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, a charitable legal-aid organization, to pay for a mailing to 335,000 CTA union members, if union officials cooperate. In response to teachers\u2019 statewide class action lawsuit, CTA officials sent a notice on October 15 to nonmembers<\/u> informing teachers that they have a right to stop and immediately reclaim the $60 per teacher dues increase earmarked for union political electioneering. However, the union has flatly refused to inform union members<\/u> of the same limited rights, and it takes the position that members are not entitled to such information. \u201cSince when do members<\/em> of an organization have even fewer rights than nonmembers’ Do you believe union members are not deserving of basic disclosure of their union\u2019s activities or their legal rights’ Do you consider teachers to be open checkbooks to stuff your political coffers’ Union members\u2019 voices have been silenced, and their rights have been ignored,\u201d the teachers wrote. Carlos Moreno, the CTA union\u2019s accountant, recently filed a sworn declaration in the class-action lawsuit stating that union officials have already spent all revenues anticipated from the three-year compulsory dues increase. He further said that CTA officials are currently negotiating with a bank for an additional $40 million credit line. \u201cWe expect that in light of the CTA union\u2019s extraordinary spending spree, you will cry poverty (despite the additional $40 million you are currently borrowing) to avoid your legal and moral responsibility. That\u2019s why the Foundation, at our request, has offered to pay for the proposed mailing\u2019s entire cost, estimated at $250,000,\u201d the teachers explained. Like the notice sent to nonmembers in response to the lawsuit, the mailing to members would disclose that the entire $60 annual dues increase is being spent for politics. It would also alert teachers to their constitutional right to resign from union membership and to object and reclaim all dues spent for political and other non-bargaining activities. \u201cWe recognize that many teachers will not want to subject themselves to your discriminatory policies of denying nonmembers the right to vote on union contracts, as well as access to liability insurance. However, our member colleagues should at least be allowed to make this choice,\u201d the teachers wrote. \u201cUltimately, the court may order you to observe members\u2019 due process rights. However, with the election less than three weeks away, time is of the essence…Will you cooperate?\u201d the teachers asked. A complete copy of the teachers\u2019 open letter \u2013 which asks for a response by 10 a.m. on Tuesday, October 25 \u2013 can be viewed at www.nrtw.org\/california<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sacramento, California (October 20, 2005) \u2013 In an open letter to California Teacher Association (CTA) union chief Barbara Kerr, a group of teachers today demanded that union officials notify all CTA members how they can refrain from paying for its $60 million political campaign. 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