RSC Member Policy Actions

Washington, Dec 3 - H.R. 6322, the Employee Paycheck Protection Act, supports hardworking American taxpayers. If enacted, this bill would codify into law the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Knox v. SEIU which requires non-union members to be exempted from paying union dues unless they opt in. Specifically, the decision requires that “when a union imposes a special assessment or dues increase levied to meet expenses that were not disclosed when the regular assessment was set, it must provide a fresh notice and may not exact any funds from nonmembers without their affirmative consent.”  Prior to this ruling, California law permitted public-sector employees in a collective bargaining unit to vote to create an arrangement under which all the employees are represented by a union. Even employees who do not join the union were required to pay an annual fee for the cost of union services.  Further, union fees were subject to increases that would not require further notice for employees. This would simply codify the Supreme Court’s decision, ensuring that hardworking Americans have the necessary information to protect their paychecks from union fee increases and automatic extraction of their income for union fees.

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Congressman Jim Jordan is Chairman of the Republican Study Committee (RSC).