It is easy to see that if political contributions in government buildings were halted, it could reduce unions political revenues by hundreds of millions of dollars across the country each and every year. The Florida ruling could affect many unions that collect political contributions in government buildings. Along with teacher unions, there are unions for police, fire, state, county, municipal and federal employees. Elected officials and union members in every state should contact in writing their union leaders, attorney generals and election officers to see if this law is being violated in their state. Many states have laws similar to Florida's that prohibit the solicitation of political contributions in government buildings.
Some states prohibit the act in all government buildings and some only cover state buildings.
There is also Federal law which basically makes it a criminal offense to solicit or receive a contribution in a room or building where a Federal employee works. A good example would be the solicitations by President Clinton and Vice-President Gore from the White House. According to Dr. Myron Lieberman of the Education Policy Institute the answer is simple. No one has ever challenged the unions with violating this law. The unions have an army of attorneys who have been fighting to keep the union officials in control.