Remember California State Employees June 30th is the Hudson Letter Deadline.

[DCal430]

For those of you who are represented and work for the State of California, this is a reminder if you want to save $40 to $100 a MONTH of you money from going to the union political contributions. You have until June 30th to deliver the letter to what ever location your union has decided this year.

Just a reminder even if you had typed up and delivered the later last June, it still must be done again this year. Failure to provide a written or typed and signed letter to the union by June 30th will automatically result in $40 to $100 being taken from your paycheck each month for political contributions. Remember failure to submit to an accepted Hudson protest letter to location required by the union by June 30th means you irrevocably agree to give the union a portion of you pay for political contributions, for the fiscal year. You can find the location by contacting your union, each union has its own location to submit the letter.

Just to remind anyone else here who also works for the State.

 

[BoomerD]

Since this is about union POLITICAL contributions...shouldn't it be in P&N?



Concurred - and though it's only meant as a reminder, I'm betting it gets a lot of political commentary. -Admin DrPizza

 

[DCal430]

I wasn't sure, since it was only suppose to be a reminder.

 

[JEDIYoda]

I would think it should be where it will get the most traffic......it is more of a PSA than an actual political discussion.....

 

[amdhunter]

What? Unions are taking your money for political contributions?
That's lolarious.

 

[DCal430]

What? Unions are taking your money for political contributions?
That's lolarious.

Yep, and it isn't easy to opt out either, and you have to keep opting out every year.

 

[PokerGuy]

Complete insanity that you have to jump through hoops each and every year just to prevent the union ripping off your money to hand to their cronies. I don't know how anyone but the most hard core authoritarian leftist would think it appropriate that you have to do this stuff just to not have your money taken every month and given to a crook.

 

[Cozarkian]

Complete insanity that you have to jump through hoops each and every year just to prevent the union ripping off your money to hand to their cronies. I don't know how anyone but the most hard core authoritarian leftist would think it appropriate that you have to do this stuff just to not have your money taken every month and given to a crook.

What's really sad is California had an opportunity to stop this. Part of Schwarzenegger's gubernatorial campaign was stopping things like this. After elected, he tried to keep his promise by having a special election. One of the propositions in the special election would have required a union to get an opt-in letter before making withdrawals, rather than an annual opt-out to stop them.

The unions waged a massive campaign against Schwarzenegger, attacking the cost of the special election, not the merits of the propositions. Their misdirection persuaded California voters to admonish Schwarzenegger by rejecting the very laws they had elected him to enact. Obviously, they also didn't get to save a dime on the special election, since that money was already spent.

 

[row]

my suggestion to the states employees is it's in your best interest to continue to support corrupt unions who support corrupt politicians who support parasitic employees.

ca's one party progressive symbiosis

 

[The Stigenator]

huh, i need to find out about this... this is the first I've heard of it. I am in CAPS.

 

[DCal430]

huh, i need to find out about this... this is the first I've heard of it. I am in CAPS.

You should contact Caps and inquire about how their Hudson notice process works. Each union may be a bit different.

 

[MooseNSquirrel]

What's the specific complaint here?

Some details would be nice for those of us not working for the CA government.

 

[DCal430]

What's the specific complaint here?

Some details would be nice for those of us not working for the CA government.

My only complaint would be that the union can take my money to give to politicians I don't support without my permission, and I have to jump through hoops each year to stop them.

 

[DCal430]

Wanted to bump this thread, to remind California state employees they need to turn in their NGO letter this month to the union political office in Sacramento. Failure to do so means they have irrevocably agree to give the Union $400 to $800 for political contributions. Remember the letter must be received by June 30. July 1st doesn't count.

 

[DCal430]

Wrong thread

 

[werepossum]

I'm not in California, nor will I ever be, but I commend you for taking the time to remind us of this, so that any California public workers here can make an informed choice that best uses the money they earn for the things they value.

 

[DCal430]

Just wanted to bump this to remind any California State workers they have until Friday to deliver their letter to the union office on S street in Sacramento. The location has moved this year. Just an important reminder failure to opt out by month end means you irrevocably agree to give the union $40-100 a month for political money, for which you cannot opt out until July 2018.

This is in addition to any collective bargaining dues.

 

[senseamp]

Just a reminder, CA union members, other states have limited the union power, and it cost their employees far more than $40-100 per month.

 

[Jhhnn]

Just a reminder, CA union members, other states have limited the union power, and it cost their employees far more than $40-100 per month.

Facts beyond the end of the nose are meaningless to conservatives. They're victims to the divide & conquer strategy of the right wing noise machine.

Anybody know where that $40-100 per month figure came from?

Probably not.

 

[DCal430]

Facts beyond the end of the nose are meaningless to conservatives. They're victims to the divide & conquer strategy of the right wing noise machine.

Anybody know where that $40-100 per month figure came from?

Probably not.

The dollar amount is a percentage of your monthly gross pay. The more you make the more they take. This is addition to the $50 or so a month they take for collective bargaining.

 

[brycejones]

The dollar amount is a percentage of your monthly gross pay. The more you make the more they take. This is addition to the $50 or so a month they take for collective bargaining.

You mean money so they can fight bull shit like what happened in WI where your collective bargaining power was gutted?

 

[Jhhnn]

The dollar amount is a percentage of your monthly gross pay. The more you make the more they take. This is addition to the $50 or so a month they take for collective bargaining.

That's an explanation of the principle, the mechanism, not of the amounts. We'd need a formula to establish the true numbers.

 

[Jhhnn]

You mean money so they can fight bull shit like what happened in WI where your collective bargaining power was gutted?

Conservatives are down for the divide & conquer routine. They just don't recognize it for what it is. They all harbor illusions of being like John Wayne, John Galt, Jeremiah Johnson or the Lone Ranger.

You know, bootstrappy.

 

[Zaap]

LOL!! notice how you can tell exactly when this thread entered into P&N?

It litterally got FLUSHED and swirled around the jhhnn and dropped 50+ IQ points! LOL!

 

[Jhhnn]

LOL!! notice how you can tell exactly when this thread entered into P&N?

It litterally got FLUSHED and swirled around the jhhnn and dropped 50+ IQ points! LOL!

The OP asserts numbers apparently pulled out of thin air. I seriously doubt that the average CA public employee union member contributes $40-$100 per month towards political action.

I will, of course, accept reasonable proof should it be provided. None has been forthcoming.