House Attacks on Federal Unions Expand with Paycheck Deception, Job-Slashing Attrition Measure

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http://wepartypatriots.com/wp/2011/06/11/house-attacks-on-federal-unions-expand-with-paycheck-deception-job-slashing-attrition-measure/

2011 has been a year where state battles have raged over “paycheck protection” laws, the deceptively named bills aimed at stripping unions of their right to collect union dues directly from members’ paychecks. Paycheck deception, as opponents call it, became law in Kansas, was pushed for desperately by conservatives in Florida, and was most recently derailed in Maine. Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Ohio, Michigan and Washington are among the states with paycheck deception already in place.

Now, a Washington Post story reports, South Carolina freshman Congressman, Tim Scott (R), has introduced the deceptively re-named Empower Employees Act, which would prohibit the collection of union dues from federal employees’ paychecks. In his press release, Scott notes that “Sen. Jim DeMint (SC) will be introducing companion legislation when the Senate reconvenes.”

Matthew Biggs, political and legislative director of the International Federation of Professional & Technical Engineers, told WaPo that the bill is “union-busting at its best.”

The National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE), a union representing 110,000+ government workers, echoed Biggs’ sentiment in a press release: