Colorado Gov. Reinstates Payroll Deduction for Union Dues

[Omaha Steve]

http://blog.aflcio.org/2007/03/16/colorado-gov-reinstates-payroll-deduction-for-union-dues/

Colorado Gov. Reinstates Payroll Deduction for Union Dues

by Mike Hall, Mar 16, 2007

Colorado state employees will once again be able to pay their union dues through payroll deduction after Gov. Bill Ritter (D) signed an executive order yesterday that restores the check-off that former Republican Gov. Bill Owens banned in a 2001 executive order.

Jo Romero, president of the Colorado Federation of Public Employees (CFPE), an AFT affiliate, says:

It is a really good day when we get the payroll deduction reinstated because it actually saves a lot of time and effort on the part of employees who have to find other ways to make their dues payments.

Workers and their unions say orders such as Owens’ and legislation to outlaw payroll dues deduction are attempts to weaken unions because it makes it more difficult for workers to pay dues and costs unions money by forcing them to develop alternative methods to process dues.

Ritter said he is

pleased to restore what had been a long-standing policy that benefited state employees and employee associations. This will once again give employees the option of assigning association dues directly from their paychecks to their organizations.

The order, which affects some 74,000 state workers, is set to go onto effect in August after it goes through an administrative process that includes a hearing.

Shortly after Owens disallowed the payroll deduction, CFPE, AFSCME and other unions filed suit. That suit to restore payroll deduction is still in the courts and Romero says the unions don’t plan to drop it.

We don’t want to be hasty and withdraw. We have learned in the past to wait until the soup is done.

[northofdenali]

1. OMFG, Steve, are we FINALLY winning a few?

If so, it's due to you and folks like you, who've never given up the fight. Thank you :hug:

[LiberalFighter]

2. Only when we get Democrats elected

Here in Indiana, Governor Daniels rescinded Evan Bayh's executive order allowing state employees to be represented by a union.

Anyone name any Republican Governors allowing dues check-off?