ALEC Launches New Round of Attacks on NEA and Its Affiliates; Pushes Legislation to Curtail Union Dues and Political Activities

The long-time displeasure of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and the National Right To Work Committee toward the National Education Association and its affiliates has surfaced again in a new round of attacks published by ALEC as part of its campaign to pass various forms of anti-union legislation. "Don’t Rely on U.S. Congress to End Misuse of Forced Union Dues" headlines the top story of the March 21, 1997 issue of the Free Market News, a publication of ALEC’s Commerce and Economic Development Task Force. The article levels the usual gratuitous protests of union members’ rights being stripped and laments that "despite the horrific stories, it does not appear federal legislation is likely to become a reality," so "ALEC is aggressively and proactively educating its members" and "asking them to introduce our Labor Organizations Deductions Act in state legislatures across the country."
Discordantly, ALEC’s Free Market News carries a nifty disclaimer that "the stories are not intended to promote or hinder the passage of any bill before Congress or any state legislature."