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Washington–
U.S.
Senator
Tim
Scott
(R-SC)
tonight
introduced
an
amendment
to
empower
federal
employees
to
decide
whether
or
not
they
want
union
dues
taken
out
of
their
paychecks.
The
amendment,
introduced
as
part
of
debate
regarding
the
Senate’s
budget
proposal,
prohibits
the
automatic
deduction
of
union
dues
from
federal
employees’
paychecks.
“Taxpayer
dollars
should
not
be
used
to
collect
union
dues
–
plain
and
simple,”
Scott
said.
“We
don’t
begrudge
anyone
the
right
to
join
a
union,
but
collecting
dues
is
a
responsibility
that
falls
to
the
unions
themselves.”
Scott
continued,
“By
empowering
federal
employees
to
determine
whether
they
want
union
dues
taken
out
of
their
paychecks,
we
are
giving
more
freedom
to
folks
to
bring
additional
money
home
to
their
families.
That
money
can
instead
be
going
to
groceries
or
any
number
of
other
things
important
to
people
across
the
country.”
Senator
Scott
also
noted
that
dues
are
taken
out
before
employees
even
see
their
paycheck.
Often,
when
the
automatic
deduction
of
union
dues
has
been
stopped,
there
have
been
dramatic
decreases
in
the
amount
of
dues
collected.
Tonight,
the
amendment
failed
43-56.
The
Senator
from
South
Carolina
also
introduced
this
amendment
as
standalone
legislation,
entitled
the
Empower
Employees
Act,
during
the
112th
Congress.
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