Texas Police Oppose Anti-Union Bill Championed by Abbott, Patrick
The Texas Senate passed a bill late Tuesday night that appears to have driven a wedge between the Texas GOP and one of its key constituencies: law enforcement.
“The very livelihood I’ve chosen, it seems the Republican Party is coming after it, and I don’t understand why,” Scott Leeton, president of the Corpus Christi Police Officers Association and a Republican primary voter, told the Observer.
Senate Bill 7, which passed largely along party lines with a 19-12 vote, would prohibit public employees from voluntarily having union dues withheld from their paychecks. Leeton and other union members say the ban on automatic deductions — a special session priority set by Governor Greg Abbott — would decrease membership by making payment more difficult.
SB 7 carves out exemptions for police, firefighters and emergency medical personnel, yet police associations still oppose it.
Read more: https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-police-unions-abbott/
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Best line I've read in a long time.
Why working people keep voting republicans into office is beyond logic. Makes no sense whatsoever. 