before the Supreme Court blocked the practice.
(Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP)
RICHMOND, Va. (CN) Nonunion Maryland public school teachers are not owed refunds for fees paid to public sector teachers’ unions, the Fourth Circuit ruled Monday.
Maryland teachers Ruth Akers and Sharon Moesel filed a class action against four teachers’ unions, Baltimore County Public Schools and several state officials in 2018 over fees they were forced to pay.
The educators demanded refunds from the unions because they and other nonunion Maryland public school teachers were required to pay representation fees to unions in order to remain employees of their school systems.