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    Four states advance bills prohibiting union dues deductions

    April 21, 2023 //

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    Most Colorado county workers win right to unionize under new state law

    May 31, 2022 //

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    Teachers Unions Called For Closing Classrooms; Students Now Facing Mental Health Challenges

    April 5, 2022 // Chalkbeat Detroit reported March 14 that the Detroit school district has hired additional mental health staffer to deal with a potential mental health crisis among students who were deprived of the classroom experience and personal interactions during the past two years

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    Act 10 Savings Tops $15 Billion Since 2011

    March 27, 2022 // Before the unions convince you that contributing 12.6% towards health insurance is an unfair and undue burden, think about this. A state employee in Wisconsin pays $2,952 a year for the regular family plan with dental. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, the average annual worker premium contribution is $6,015 a year. State employees pay roughly half of what the average taxpayer pays for health insurance and the state employee is receiving platinum coverage for that reasonable amount.

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    Rhode Island Schools Must Remove Unconstitutional Anti-Janus Contract Language

    March 18, 2022 // Mackinac Center Legal Foundation demands districts stop forcing employees to pay union dues

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    Paycheck protection needed to prevent government payroll from funding partisan political activism

    January 19, 2022 // But a proposed “paycheck protection” bill would end this practice by prohibiting school districts, and other public employers, from automatically deducting contributions to political action committees out of employee wages.

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