Brits and Texans Agree – Attack Unions Where it Hurts – Dues Collection

Citizen Wealth Financial Justice Ideas and Issues Labor Organizing

New Orleans  Conservatives of all stripes and nationalities seem to have settled on a killer app for delivering a death blow to unions: block the dues collection mechanism! Short memories will recall that earlier this year there were fierce legislative battles in Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas and elsewhere whose sole objective was to eliminate the ability …

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Hand Collecting Dues is Very Difficult, Payroll Deductions Matter

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Frankfurt      The latest word from insiders and lobbyists in Austin is that for the minute the bill to block all payroll deductions for public employees is bottled up in committee.Of course it could change in an instant.   The latest word from Baton Rouge has two bills that might have been primarily directed at teachers but …

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