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Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Political Protection

What it does: Requires that labor unions obtain prior approval from employees to spend dues money on behalf of political parties, political candidates, or other political advocacy.
Support: 85% of non-union households were strongly/somewhat supportive.
83% of union households were strongly/somewhat supportive.
Why: Exit polls from 2012 demonstrate that 43 percent of union households voted for Republican House candidates, yet 91 percent of union political support went to Democratic candidates. There is a disconnect between the unions' political agenda and their members' personal ideology.
Background: Currently, labor law allows unions to deduct money for supporting political campaigns from an employee’s paycheck without obtaining prior approval. Only by following the often onerous procedure to demand a refund of partial dues or by resigning from a union can employees guarantee that their money will not support candidates or a political party. The process is often overly complicated, completely unregulated, and rife with intimidation. By requiring that union members opt-in rather than having to pursue a refund of dues, employee rights will be better protected.
Some states have passed paycheck protection laws for their public sector state and local employees (who are not covered by federal labor law). The Employee Rights Act’s paycheck provision would institute protection for private sector workers in the United States.

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