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quarters of all firefighters. About half of the latter are professionals who volunteer as well, saving their fellow citizens an estimated $37
billion annually.
Notes Mark Mix, president of the National Right to Work Committee: "officers of the International Association of Firefighters (IAFF) union
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professionals who volunteer often are subject to union
discipline, including firing.
Moreover, when possible, the IAFF negotiates contracts which ban volunteering by professionals, even on their own time. Federalizing local
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H.R. 980 would have another pernicious impact, effectively opening the wallets of hundreds of thousands of public employees to union
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withhold dues devoted to partisan purposes. In practice unions impede workers from exercising this right at every turn. Expanding forced
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employers, especially in sensitive public safety positions. Even more so, the federal government should not decide labor policy for every
city, county, and state in America. It is time for Washington to mind its own business.
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