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1) Re: 2009 House Bill 5044 (Repeal mandate for government employees to join union ) [by catherinea on July 12, 2009]I'm completely of your opinion. This bill would really go against the rights of government employees.
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There is no extortion going on because government employees must join a union and pay dues. The union has been recognized as the legal bargaining agent for those employees. The employees have a voice in how their union is managed, and how they represent their interest. Naturally, not all employees will agree with what the union does, or supports. That is endemic to democratically run organizations.
We all have to pay taxes, although we may not support how some of our tax dollars are spent.
This bill is an unabashed attempt to take the rights of government employees to bargain collectively away from them. It should, and I hope will, be defeated.
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It's about time that Lansing took measures to stop the state sponsored extortion of our employees. Requiring workers to pay a fee to an outside agency to be able to work for us is extortion, plain and simple. Unions can use these "fees" in their contributions to political candidates. Thus we are forcing non-union workers into supporting a political body simply for the right to keep their job. This is against everything we stand for as a free nation.
As far as a bargaining unit issue, it is immaterial in how we determine pay and benefits for our employees. We simply have an obligation to treat all of our employees equally, union or non-union. If we pay union employees a certain wage, we must pay non-union the same. That is our responsibility as the employer, not the fault of the non-union employee, and they should not be penalized.
Thank you to Rep. Amash for your efforts to right an egregious denial of civil rights of Michigan government workers.
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