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CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) Private schools and colleges asked a federal judge Monday to strike down the provision in South Carolina s constitution that bars public money for private and religious schools, saying the 1895 measure is discriminatory.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston and South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities filed the lawsuit last month. The state Supreme Court has blocked Gov. Henry McMaster s efforts to share COVID-19 relief money with private schools or private school parents, citing the state constitution.
Daniel Suhr, an attorney for the plaintiffs with the Washington, D.C.-based Liberty Justice Center, told U.S. District Judge Bruce Hendricks on Monday in Charleston that the amendment is blocking historically Black colleges and universities and Catholic schools from receiving “fair, equitable access” to the money.
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Judge asked to toss South Carolina private school money ban
May 3, 2021
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CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) Private schools and colleges asked a federal judge Monday to strike down the provision in South Carolina s constitution that bars public money for private and religious schools, saying the 1895 measure is discriminatory.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston and South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities filed the lawsuit last month. The state Supreme Court has blocked Gov. Henry McMaster s efforts to share COVID-19 relief money with private schools or private school parents, citing the state constitution.
Daniel Suhr, an attorney for the plaintiffs with the Washington, D.C.-based Liberty Justice Center, told U.S. District Judge Bruce Hendricks on Monday in Charleston that the amendment is blocking historically Black colleges and universities and Catholic schools from receiving “fair, equitable access” to the money.
Anne Langendorfer is president of United Campus Workers in Knoxville.
Tobey Patton is a business representative at Teamsters Local 480, residing in Dyersburg and Nashville.
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No other membership organization, not your Chamber of Commerce, your country club, or any other, is forced to provide services to those who refuse membership or financial contributions.
The legal facts are simple. Under sections 8(a)3 of the National Labor Relations Act, it is illegal to compel an employee to join a union as a condition of employment. Under sections 9(a) and 8(b) of the same act, any union certified under the law has an affirmative duty to bargain for and represent all employees within a workplace equally, regardless of an employee s status as a member or non-member.