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Chris Christie
stated on March 23, 2012 in an appearance at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University:

"To get out of the (teachers) union, you pay 85 percent of $731. Then you're out of the union, but you've got to pay it every year, also required by statute. That’s called a representation fee."

By Bill Wichert • April 5, 2012
Chris Christie
stated on April 29, 2011 in a speech at the Harvard Graduate School of Education:

"When the union says I want to eliminate tenure, that’s not true."

By Erin O'Neill • June 21, 2011
Chris Christie
stated on April 29, 2011 in a speech at the Harvard Graduate School of Education:

Out of 150,000 tenured teachers in the last 10 years, only 17 have been dismissed for incompetence.

By Bill Wichert • June 10, 2011