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    Union Members Right to Know Act would protect union-worker rights and promote transparency

    October 6, 2024 // The Union Members Right to Know Act would guarantee that all workers represented by a union know that they can demand that their dues be used only for collective bargaining purposes or other services essential to unions’ ability to function and generally keep the lights on. It allows workers to prevent their hard-earned dollars being diverted to pay for political activities that they do not support.

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    Ranking Member Cassidy Introduces Legislation Preventing Unions from Abusing Workers’ Dues to Promote Antisemitism, Hateful Ideology

    October 4, 2024 // “At a time when major unions are blatantly disregarding the opinions and interests of their members, I applaud Senator Cassidy for introducing legislation that will ensure workers know their union rights and enhance them,” said F. Vincent Vernuccio, President, Institute for the American Worker.

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    Education and the Workforce Committee Releases Shocking Report on Union Antisemitic Activity

    September 20, 2024 // Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) released a report detailing how unions put politics over members while pursuing antisemitic activism. The report includes a thorough accounting of rampant antisemitic activity within the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys (ALAA), a United Auto Workers local union, following ALAA’s passage of an anti-Israel resolution in December of 2023. Following the resolution’s adoption, it was revealed that the statutory rights of union members were violated through retaliatory actions related to the resolution.

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