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  • Judge allows extra union dues to fight Calif ballot Props 75, 76

    11/05/2005 11:44:20 AM PST · by FairOpinion · 25 replies · 975+ views
    The Tribune San Luis Obispo ^ | Nov. 4, 2005 | JENNIFER COLEMAN
    SACRAMENTO - The state employees' union can collect extra money to fight two ballot measures from workers who had objected to having their dues used for political purposes, a federal judge ruled Friday. Eight state employees had sued to stop the Service Employees International Union from collecting an additional two-tenths of 1 percent of their salaries - and from the salaries of all 28,000 nonunion workers - to fight two initiatives pushed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. On Wednesday, U.S. District Court Judge Morrison C. England Jr. issued a temporary restraining order that prevented the state controller from turning over the...