Yes On Proposition 75
Here is how unions spend political money they take from its members and why Prop 75 is so important:
Unions spent $88,000 (public employee unions' share was $68,000) in opposing Proposition 22, a 2000 initiative that defined marriage as between a man and a woman; a Los Angeles Times exit poll found that 58 percent of union households had voted yes on Prop. 22 and 42 percent had voted no.
Unions spent $32.7 million (public employee unions' share was $25.7 million) to oppose the recall of former Gov. Gray Davis, yet exit polls found half of union members casting ballots voted for the recall and 56 percent voted for a Republican candidate to replace him -- 43 percent for Schwarzenegger and 13 percent for Tom McClintock.
The overwhelming beneficiaries of public employee campaign contributions are Democrats. According to the Montana-based Institute on Money in State Politics, public sector unions gave $18.4 million to Democrats running for the Legislature or statewide office in 2002. Republican candidates received $900,000.
Prop 75 returns choice to union membership, it's only fair.
Read more about it here.
posted by BTN at 4:29 PM
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Proposition 75 protects public employee union members from having political contributions made from their dues without their annual permission
Hmm, that's not really true. Every single union member in the state can already opt out of having their dues spent on political activities - and Prop 75 won't increase anyones paycheck. No one is forced to contribute to political activity.
For the 6:32pm comment, while technically correct, you are not living in the real world.
1) How many teachers are aware of that?
A very small percentage.
2) How many union leaders have told its members that?
Close to zero.
3) The paycheck will obviously go up by that amount of dues spent on political activities.
In response to BTN, most union members know about this opt out ability. If they don't, it's not through anything other than their own ignorance. The information is readily available, and as for the so-called union bosses, we are instructed to inform our members about all laws, not just those that we like. The truth is, this prop is just to keep union members quiet, and does nothing to help protect anyone's paycheck, and certainly won't increase anyone's paycheck by the amount spent on politics. If this were a fair and equitable proposition, it would include ALL unions, as well as ALL corporations. Corporations have outspent union 24-to-1 politically. Why don't they have to get their shareholders permission to spend their money on politics?
Whoever posted that last comment, you couldnt be more wrong.
Only a tiny percentage of teachers know of this opt-out provision.
And union leaders have NOT openly told its members of this provision.
Why would this Prop have to apply to corporations? Corporations dont take monthly sums from their employees !!!!!
It's not the same thing!!
And shareholders have a clear and daily choice to be involved with the corporation, teachers do not.
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