By a vote of 55-53, the Michigan House of Representatives voted to protect teachers by barring school districts from deducting union dues from teachers’ paychecks. Most Republicans supporting the measure and most Democrats opposed. Republicans said money now deducted for union dues will now go into teachers pockets so union officials will have to collect the union dues and fees themselves, not the taxpayers. The bill now moves to the Republican controlled Senate and will require a signature from Gov. Rick Snyder to become law.
While it is great to see Michigan finally willing to take on the union bosses this is just a small step in the right direction. Michigan needs to protect all workers and the best way to do that is with a Right to Work law.
Jewish MIT graduate students are challenging their union’s stance on BDS and its compelled dues, while broader concerns about anti-Semitism persist on campus.
Thanks to the Committee's election-year program, union-label candidates like Sen. Jon Tester (Mont.) are being given a choice: pledge to change course and support Right to Work going forward, or face the potential political consequences.
This winter top bosses of the Miami-based United Teachers of Dade (UTD) are indeed in danger of being thrown to the curb.