Florida Senate Proposal Targets Public Employee Unions

TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) – A Senate Republican filed a connection Tuesday that would marque changes targeting public-employee unions, including preventing workers from having national dues deducted from their paychecks.

The connection (SB 1458), filed by Sen. Dennis Baxley, R-Ocala, would necessitate national members to wage dues straight to their unions.

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The alteration would not use to unions representing law-enforcement officers, correctional officers, correctional probation officers and firefighters. The measure besides would necessitate unions to study rank information.

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Unions whose rank is little than 50 percent of the eligible employees would person to petition the authorities Public Employees Relations Commission for recertification arsenic the exclusive typical of workers successful the bargaining units.

Those requirements would not use to unions representing law-enforcement officers, correctional officers, correctional probation officers and firefighters. The measure is filed for the legislative league that volition commencement Jan. 11.

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