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Attack on workers; Daniel Nunzir - Monaca, President of USW Local 256L; Beaver County Times; March 26, 2014.
Below is a detailed critique of the subject letter.
“The Commonwealth Foundation is at it again. The have teamed up with extreme legislators in our state Capitol to push a so-called ‘paycheck protection’ bill which has nothing to do with protecting workers’ paychecks and everything with silencing voices.
“This time the Commonwealth Foundation is teaming up with a sinister organization known as the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and other out of state interests in two new efforts to attack workers’ rights. HB 1507 and SB 1034 prohibit school teachers, care-givers, and public safety workers from choosing how they want their dues through a payroll deduction. Most workers including myself choose payroll deduction to pay my dues and other payments. It is easy, convenient and the costs are next to nothing. The cost is so minimal that our employer hasn’t requested reimbursement.
“These proposals were not the brainchild of anyone in Pennsylvania. Portions of both laws are lifted verbatim from similar laws that ALEC has pushed in Missouri, Arizona and Kansas. They aren’t written to help working Pennsylvanians, they are written to advance an out-of-state agenda to hurt labor unions and destroy the middle class.
“Our legislators need to see these bills for what they are and strongly oppose HB 1507 and SB 1034.”
[RWC] Mr. Nunzir is late to the party and there’s nothing new/original in his letter. Therefore, please go to this link for my critiques of previous letters on this topic.
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