11 Million Workers Are Forced To Pay Union Dues: Congress Should Help Them

11 Million. That’s the number of American workers forced every day to make a choice: Pay union dues or be fired.

As unbelievable as that sounds, it’s true. In America, despite the First Amendment’s guarantee of freedom of association, a worker can be forced to financially support a union against his or her will.

That’s just plain wrong. And the American people overwhelmingly agree. Nearly 80 percent of Americans oppose forcing workers to pay union dues as a condition of employment.

Fortunately, there is a solution.

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