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Thu Jun-14-07 10:24 AM
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Unions Lose on Political Fee Issue |
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WASHINGTON — States may force public sector labor unions to get consent from workers before using their fees for political activities, the Supreme Court said Thursday. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/fn/4889494.html
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Thu Jun-14-07 10:29 AM
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But the state's Democratic governor and Democratic-controlled legislature recently changed the law to eliminate the provision that was upheld Thursday, blunting the impact of the court ruling.
The narrow issue before the justices was whether, as the law formerly prescribed, employees must opt in, or affirmatively consent, to having some of their money used in election campaigns.
The justices said that a state could indeed require such consent. But there also is nothing to bar the state from putting the onus on nonmember workers to opt out, or seek a refund of a portion of their fees.
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Thu Jun-14-07 10:30 AM
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2. I used to be in the UAW... |
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and they didn't use dues for political activities. That had a separate PAC, and we could arrange to have money taken out of our checks montly for it. I gave $10 a month.
These other Unions should set up something like that.
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