Category: union dues

‘Excessive Engagement in Politics’ Causing Mass Exodus From Nation’s Largest Labor Unions: Analysts

According to a recent watchdog report, the nation’s largest public service employees union spent $1 out of every $5 in revenue collected through union dues on politics in 2021. According to a survey of 3,000 potential union members conducted in 2021, “excessive engagement in politics is the number one obstacle” preventing them from joining a union. According…


Coalition for a Democratic Workplace Blast Dems’ Plan to Make Union Dues Tax Deductible

A coalition of more than 600 business groups across the country is condemning a Democratic proposal in Congress to make compulsory union dues tax deductible. “Requiring taxpayers to subsidize union dues as part of the Democratic Senate budget plan favors unions and their political allies over workers and small businesses,” Coalition for a Democratic Workplace…


University of California Lab Assistant Sues State, Union in Federal Court to Stop Compulsory Dues Collection

University of California at Irvine Lab Assistant Amber Walker opposes the political agenda of the Communications Workers of America (CWA), but union officials keep collecting dues from her against her will. So, represented pro bono by attorneys from the National Right to Work Legal Foundation (NRTWLF), Walker has filed a class-action lawsuit against her union,…