Bill restricting union dues collection fails but not dead yet in Pa. Senate

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Penn Live

By Jan Murphy

An attempt to pass a controversial amendment to a bill that would restrict union dues collection from state and school employees' paychecks narrowly failed in the state Senate on Monday.

But most likely, we haven't seen the last of this amendment to this so-called paycheck protection bill.

Immediately after Lt. Gov. Mike Stack cast his first tie-breaking vote to defeat the amendment 25-24, the Senate voted 29-19 to reconsider it at a later time to keep it alive.

The bill, sponsored by Sen. John Eichelberger, R-Blair County, would have made it illegal for government to deduct union dues from state and school employees' paychecks. The amendment offered on Monday narrowed that restriction to only ban governments from deducting money for unions that is used for political purposes while still allowing dues collection to support for general union operations.

FULL story at link.



Lt. Gov. Mike Stack got to break his first tie vote in the Pa. Senate on Monday. (PennLive file photo)

Read more: http://www.pennlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/03/bill_restricting_union_dues_co.html

[blue neen]

1. Thank you Lt. Gov. Stack!

I knew you were a good one when you were running for this office last fall!