Re: GEN: Survey: Do you have Mandatory Union Membership?

[Betty Resch <bresch@CHEROKEE.K12.IA.US>]

jcnewma@IBM.NET writes:
>Dear LM_NETters:
>
>I have written to Peter Milbury for permission to ask this favor of the
>list. I am looking for assistance in completing the following survey. If
>you would kindly forward your responses to me at the below address, I
>would be very grateful. I will keep all responses anonymous. I would,
>however, like to be able to communicate with you if needed.
>
>
>1. Please tell which state in the U.S.A. you are from:
   Iowa
>
>
>2. Is your school unionized?
>_
X
>__ Yes - continue to Number 3
>___  No - jump to number 6
> Any comment:
>
>3. Are professional staff required to join the union or pay a "agency
>service fee" to the union?
>___ Yes
>_
X
>__ No
> Any comment:
  It is my understanding that in the state of Iowa, teachers cannot be
required to join the education association.
>
>
>4. Are non-professional staff (secretaries, aides, custodian, tutorsÖ)
>required to join the union or pay an "agency service fee" to the union?
>___ Yes
>__
X
>_ No
> Any comment:
  In our district, non-professional staff do not have a union.  Their
benefits are based on what the teachers get from negotiations.
>
>
>5. Does your union allow payment of the "agency service fee" to
>non-union groups - such as a contribution to a local school group
>(scholarships, library support, arts programs support, etc) or to a
>national non-profit group (United Way, Red Cross, etc)?
>_
X
>__ Yes
>___ No
> Any comment:
  Yes, we do have at least one education scholarship each year that is
given to someone going into education, but most of it is paid for by
donations by teachers as well as some other staff members.  To my
knowledge we have not contributed to other organizations like those you
mentioned.
>
>
>6. Do you have any information of a recent court decision which stated
>that mandatory union membership as a condition for employment was
>unconstitutional? If so, please include references.
  Don't know anything about that.  But I'm sure that is why membership is
not required in Iowa.  We also are a non-strike state, at least as far as
education goes.
>
>
>7. I wish:
>___ to be totally anonymous - don't contact me for further information
>_
X
>__ to be contacted in the event you need further elaboration
>
>Thanks to all of you who can take the time time for this request.
>
>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>Jody Newman
>Library Aide
>Center School
>Stow MA
>jcnewma@attglobal.net (home)
>   aka jcnewma@ibm.net (til 10/2000)
>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
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