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Article: Union dues, political don'ts: California's initiative to strip Union political power is a model of things to come.
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- The Nation
- Article date:
- May 18, 1998
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Sitting in his Dupont Circle office in Washington beneath pictures of G.O.P. luminaries Jack Kemp and Haley Barbour, a photo of Janis Joplin and a towel adorned with dogs playing poker, Grover Norquist--friend of Newt, conservative mastermind and head of Americans for Tax Reform--is nearly giddy about the prospects of Proposition 226, the antiunion "paycheck protection" initiative on California's June 2 ballot. It's not just that he would be delighted to see a law in California that would compel unions to obtain the permission of members annually before using their dues for political activity, which would render it tougher for labor outfits to deploy political muscle. ...