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MIDLAND, Mich. The Mackinac Center for Public Policy’s Worker’s for Opportunity initiative applauds Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb on the signing of Senate Bill 251 into law. The bill requires government unions to obtain direct consent from Indiana school employees before dues can be deducted from their paychecks, a positive step for worker freedom.
Once the bill goes into effect in June, school employees will decide annually whether to opt in to join and pay dues to a union. They will also be able to leave their union at any time, rather than being locked into an “opt-out window.”
F. Vincent Vernuccio, senior fellow for the Workers for Opportunity initiative, testified alongside school employees last week in favor of the bill during a hearing in the House Committee on Employment, Labor, and Pensions. The bill passed out of committee on April 1 and was passed by the Indiana House on April 6. It was signed by Gov. Holcomb this afternoon.