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Related: About this forumRepublicans attack local authority to allow voluntary union dues deduction
Recent wins would be reversed by HB 677Earlier this year we twice reported that local government workers who are union members won the convenience and simple respect of having union dues voluntarily deducted from their paychecks, first in Charlotte and in Greensboro soon afterwards. For firefighters and other city workers, these were important victories that will strengthen their unions' ability to organize and be effective advocates for their members and the communities in which they live.
Now, Republican state legislators have introduced a bill to undo those hard-won victories, an act in keeping with House Speaker Thom Tillis' promise at the start of the 2013 legislative session to keep North Carolina the least unionized state in the nation by any means necessary.
Republicans brought up the dues bill, House Bill 677, for a vote in committee this week with zero public notice, just because they had the votes to pass it.
Typically, bills are put on the calendar so other lawmakers, the press, and the public can know what bills will be up for a vote and when. That didn't happen this time, and now HB 677 will be voted on by the full House on Monday night!
Call BEFORE 6PM, MONDAY to save dues checkoff!
Look up the name of your state representative in the General Assembly, and call him or her as soon as possible. Leave a message if you have to, and call back Monday if you can. House lawmakers need to hear from you before they go into session at 6 o'clock Monday evening.
Tell your state representative:
"VOTE NO on HB 677, the bill to take away local authority to allow voluntary union dues deduction."
Cities and counties should make their own decisions about dues deduction, just like most municipalities already allow payroll deductions for other organizations like United Way. Since they do it for other organizations, it is not that costly, and in some cases, the union has agreed to pay a setup fee.
Furthermore, dues deductions are completely voluntary. Only employees who sign an authorization form have the dues deducted.
This and MORE NC AFL-CIO news:
http://aflcionc.org/test/email_updates/email_update_20130510.html
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Republicans attack local authority to allow voluntary union dues deduction (Original Post)
Triana
May 2013
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barbtries
(28,787 posts)1. i called
my rep is Deborah Ross, a democrat. one of the few. i left a message encouraging her to keep up the good work. i met her during the campaign at the Obama headquarters in downtown raleigh. i don't think she's pllanning to vote for this legislation.
it's gotta be quite the experience to be an elected democrat in Raleigh these days.
Triana
(22,666 posts)2. It's worthwhile to let the Dems know they're appreciated, anyway.
I'd hate to be one of them in NC right now. Egh.