Pennsylvania State Rep. Daryl Metcalfe is re-introducing four measures to end mandatory union dues payments for the union bosses. “We want to bring that tyranny of the law to an end,” he said. (Video link)
From Laura Olson’s Post-Gazette report, Lawmaker pushes bill to end mandatory union dues:
Mr. Metcalfe said he believes the bills could become a priority if state taxpayers “demand from their elected officials responsible representation, and to end the time when the unions are just pushing big dollars into campaign war chests that are ultimately purchasing those votes that so many have given to protect the unions in this state.”
California’s Big Labor-concocted A.B.5, signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2019, made it almost impossible for workers and firms to bounce back after 2020’s COVID-19 lockdowns. Now Biden bureaucrats want to federalize A.B.5!
Mr. Fain undoubtedly knows full well that there is a complete disconnect between the UAW hierarchy and the UAW rank-and-file on the Biden presidency and whether workers will benefit from its extension for another four years.
Political pundits of every stripe have noted, and attempted to explain, a dramatic shift in recent years in the coalitions that back America’s two major political parties.