Apollo-Ridge High School teacher sues PSEA over dues (NRA & anti-abortion)
http://triblive.com/neighborhoods/yourallekiskivalley/yourallekiskivalleymore/8592047-74/misja-psea-union#axzz3eS9HOT00
By Jodi Weigand
Friday, June 19, 2015, 12:11 a.m.
An Apollo-Ridge High School teacher is suing the state's largest teachers union over her union dues.
Linda Misja, of Bellefonte, filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against the Pennsylvania State Education Association because the union has been holding her annual nonmember dues in escrow for three years.
The two sides can't agree on a neutral and nonreligious charity to which Misja's more than $2,000 should go.
“I wrote them a letter asking them about my money,” Misja said. “It's been a worry for me that my money might be going to support causes that go against my deep personal beliefs.”
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read it but only very fast. Thank you. 
...In 2012, Misja filed a religious exemption to paying a “fair share fee,” required from those who don't want to join the union but still benefit from the contract.
At the time she was an English and French teacher in the Bellefonte Area School District. She's worked for Apollo-Ridge since 2014.
As a devout Catholic, her religious objection is based on her belief that the PSEA supports causes that either directly or indirectly advocate for abortion rights.
The PSEA allows those who have a religious objection to designate their fair share fee, which is less than union dues, to “a nonreligious charity agreed upon by the nonmember and the union.”
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more and more annoyed by the whole "religious exemption" bullshit that is running amok across the country. And this is a good example of why. 
