Sometimes stupid loses

On Thu, 5 May 2011 09:53:40 -0500, "David"
wrote:

"tony cooper" wrote in message
.. .

No one in Florida is required to be in a union to hold any
job. Union
membership is voluntary. Payroll deduction of union dues is
a
convenience to the union member and the union.

At the expense of the employer.

What is the expense? There is a trivial expense, but the
deduction is
part of the payroll program that computes the taxes and makes the
insurance and other deductions. There is an expense only in
re-writing the program to remove the deduction. The trivial
expense
is in preparing a check to the union once a month, but this is
offset
by the additional funds in the coffers from the period in which
it is
collected to the time it is paid.

It also makes it easier for the union to gain and keep members,
I reckon.

How? Every policeman or fireman is going to join the union no
matter
how the dues are handled. I don't know about teachers. And,
this
bill is aimed at the policemen, firemen, and teachers.
Specifically.

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The reason unions want dues removed automatically from the
paycheck is the same reason the government requires it. If the
employee gets the cash there is a good chance the money will be
spent and not available later.


Yes, I made that point earlier. It's an anti-union bill. I agree
with Neil's point in another post that the GOP is just getting back at
the unions who opposed them now that the GOP has almost unlimited
power to do so.

I can see that, buy the idea of a Republican saying "It's a
bill that empowers membership of labor unions" is an insult to the
intelligence.




--
Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida

"tony cooper" wrote in message
...

The reason unions want dues removed automatically from the
paycheck is the same reason the government requires it. If the
employee gets the cash there is a good chance the money will be
spent and not available later.


Yes, I made that point earlier. It's an anti-union bill. I
agree
with Neil's point in another post that the GOP is just getting
back at
the unions who opposed them now that the GOP has almost unlimited
power to do so.

I can see that, buy the idea of a Republican saying "It's a
bill that empowers membership of labor unions" is an insult to
the
intelligence.




--
Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida

If the government allows the unions to withhold dues, why not
also allow payments for the mortgage, rent, utility bills, etc.?
The IRS is part of the government and I suppose that is their
right, but I would put union dues in the same category as any
other payment obligation the employee may have. Why do only the
unions have the ability to effectively garnishee wages?

David