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Martin Hoke: “I want to address my comments today to the very hard-working rank and file union members of America whose dues are being…”

On the recordJuly 12, 1996
I want to address my comments today to the very hard-working rank and file union members of America whose dues are being used for political purposes and activities that they are probably both not aware of an almost undoubtedly do not agree with. Those are dues that should be put to work for those Members in the negotiation of labor contracts, in getting better working conditions, in getting higher wages, in getting better benefits packages and vacation plans. But they are in fact being used to further the political agenda of their labor bosses who are located not, for example, in Cleveland, OH, which I have the privilege of representing, but in Washington, DC. What is happening is that through a mandatory payroll deduction scheme, union members dues are being used to fund a defamatory and demagogic attack on Members who have one fundamental problem as far as the unions are concerned.
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Martin Hoke
Republican · Ohio
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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the use of union dues for political purposes during a debate on minimum wage.

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