Lucille Roybal-Allard: “my California colleagues join me in bringing attention to an orchestrated campaign to silence America's working…”

“my California colleagues join me in bringing attention to an orchestrated campaign to silence America's working families. Proposition 226, on California's June ballot, will undermine unions' efforts to advocate on behalf of our Nation's workers. By subjecting union members to a cumbersome annual verification of their dues, Proposition 226 will cripple organized labor's ability to promote fair wages, health care, retirement security and worker safety. This initiative is harmful and unnecessary. The U.S. Supreme Court has already ruled that workers have the right to refuse to contribute to their union's political activities. This anti-worker movement is not about paycheck protection for workers, it is about the systematic disenfranchisement of American workers, such as our teachers, nurses, police officers and factory workers. Californians and Americans across this Nation must band together to stop this calculated attempt to stifle the voices of working people in our country.”