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Article: Unions, school districts in battle: The California Teachers Association wants to use work mailboxes for endorsements before elections.
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- Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA)
- Article date:
- November 27, 2006
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Byline: Shirley Dang
Nov. 27--In a debate that pits electioneering laws against free speech, California's largest union has launched a legal battle to permit political endorsement on public grounds. State law ensures teachers unions the right to spread the word on contract negotiations and grievances using campus mailboxes. However school districts typically ban partisan politics from the rectangular receptacles, to the chagrin of unions.
"We view that as censorship," said Priscilla Winslow, assistant chief counsel for the California Teacher Association. In conjunction with local union affiliates, CTA has filed four unfair labor charges with ...