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Free-Market Groups Back Bill to Protect Taxpayers from Union Abuse

By Rowan Saydlowski

Americans for Tax Reform joined several other free-market organizations in a letter to Congress on Wednesday in support of H.R. 9594, the Protecting Taxpayers’ Wallets Act.

H.R. 9594 was introduced by Congressman Scott Perry (R-Pa.) and swiftly referred to the House Oversight Committee. The bill would allow federal agencies to charge public-sector labor unions for the employee hours and agency resources which are used on activities that serve those unions.

Currently, federal employees who are union members can spend their on-the-clock hours working for a union instead of doing their jobs, while still being paid their taxpayer-funded salaries. The unions also use government facilities and resources to conduct their work at taxpayer expense. H.R. 9594 would recover these wasted taxpayer funds

Read the full letter here