Posted on 04/07/2005 7:33:30 AM PDT by SierraWasp
Battle over union dues
A group led by an ally of the governor is funding the 'employee consent' bill.
By Andy Furillo -- Bee Capitol Bureau Published 2:15 am PDT Thursday, April 7, 2005
A pro-business group whose leader is closely connected to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is funding the signature-gathering effort to make it tougher for public employee unions to spend their members' dues money on political campaigns.
The Small Business Action Committee has contributed $375,000 to the Coalition for Employee Rights, which is trying to get the "employee consent" measure on a possible special election ballot this November. The committee is headed by Joel Fox, the former president of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association who worked as senior policy consultant to Schwarzenegger during the 2003 recall.
A Schwarzenegger spokesman said that at the moment, the administration has "no intention or interest" in participating in what is shaping up as a volatile fight between unions that view the initiative as an attack on their political viability and proponents who say they are only protecting the political choices of public employees.
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The spokesman, Rob Stutzman, said the initiative is "not part of the reform package the governor has put forward."
Union leaders view the Fox organization's support as evidence of a gubernatorial endorsement.
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"When small business does well, the entire economy does well, and big businesses recognize that," said Fox, who also took part in the failed Proposition 226 campaign in 1998 that would have forced private as well as public employee unions to get approval from their members before spending dues money on politics. "Big business realizes it is built on the back of small business. A lot of their subcontractors are smaller businesses. We bring them together to fight for a business-friendly California."
(Excerpt) Read more at sacbee.com ...
Prop 226 got past, present and future unions so upset and motivated, it's what brought CA's worst Governor to office before eventually being Recalled!!!
I'm gonna support this measure above all others!!! This is a core issue in CA, believe it, or not!!!
The full article spells out where the money is coming from and why the Governor is shying away from this one and pushing the other four measures. (he's in enough trouble with the unions already)
Already signed this petition as a well as others. I'm tired of my money going to liberal campaigns that I oppose!
Go to their website:
http://www.supportpaycheckprotection.org/
Be sure to sign the petition.
It should be flat out illegal for public employee unions to spend a dime on politics. Nothing prevents individuals from contributing personally if they so choose.
It wasn't too long ago I saw a statistic that said 90% of union political contributions go to Democratic coffers while 60% of the union members vote Republican. Unbelievable. And union leaders wonder why they're losing members.
Good Post! The amount of money being spent by the Cal unions this cycle is both scary and sickening...
My husband's union (mandatory enrollment) and mine (voluntary) both openly politick for the Left.. sickening.
Not to take away from your excellent point, but if you'll check, the private sector unions are losing members, but the public sector unions are agressively growing!!!
These union ads against Arnold are LIES. BOLD. UNABASHED. Since when it a 401K "risking in the stock market" but CalPers investing pension dollars in mutuals somehow a "guarantee"? Riiiight.
The unions have a SHOCKING amount of money and are flooding the airwaves more aggressively than at any off-year time than I can recall in CA.
Well in CA, thanks to Grey Davis, public employees are required by law to pay union dues even if you are not a union member. This is defended as the union needing the dues from you since they're negotiating employment compesation on your behalf too. You essentially can't work in entertainment without being in a union.
Scary doesn't begin to describe it. It's outright frightful.
Oh! You're just so dog gone wrong, Dog Gone! (hands on hips) Don'tchew understand that "Public Servants" have "free speech" rights like anyone else? Just because they work for the public, doesn't mean they are voiceless Public SLAVES!!! (how do you like my Local 1 Shop Steward immitation?)
Not to mention that both unions are completely impotent when it comes to serving the members best interests.. well.. perhaps impotent is the incorrect term.. makes it sound like they have no power to use..
They prefer to spend their time and money lobbying for leftwing causes and candidates than serving their members interests...
Well it has more effective teeth in it than the four toothless, watered down measures the Governor's putting his weight and name behind!!!
Does anybody here remember my recent predictions that that the unions would effectively terminate the Terminator/Governator??? Prop 226 should have been a real eye-opener to everyone about the unbelieveable power of CA's public employee unions!
The polls had 226 ahead by over 70% and suddenly the unions woke up and smote the devilish proposition!!! It got them on the internet; It go them organized; It got them motivated to elect Gray Davis who became their love slave!!!
We must all get behind this new one as it's the "fight to the finish" for CA!!!
You may be a newzjunkey, but you need to become a recent history junkey! The most excellent ballot measure was narrowly defeated by the energized yooonyuns in June 1998 and Gray Davis was elected that November!!! (try to remember...)
Thank you for that link! I'll certainly do that and much, much more!!!
Is that the true headline or are you simply being an anti-union goon?
So now, let's turn our attention to you and what you are, shall we???
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