Rather, they're intended to silence the voice of working America. These initiatives single out unions by imposing tight controls and burdensome regulations. This is a concerted effort to retaliate against working families and their unions for speaking out on political and legislative issues. At it stands, union members have a choice. No worker can be forced to fund a union's political and legislative activities.
Polls show that union members want their unions to be politically active.
The current campaign finance system already unfairly rewards wealthy contributors. To be serious, reform efforts can't just limit the role of working families and their unions. Instead, serious reform should limit all campaign spending, provide for public financing to give voters a chance to hear from all candidates, and take other steps to make sure no group has an unfair say in how our government is run.