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Ep. 67: Union Release Time on Taxpayers’ Dime & Attacks on Free Speech with Ben Weingarten
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Public sector employees enjoy “release time” provisions — which enable employees to engage in union-related activities full- or part-time during their working hours. This means taxpayers are paying these employees to not do their job, while possibly supporting political activities with which they disagree. Ben Weingarten, editor-at-large for RealClear Investigations, dives into the costs of “release time” in his piece “To Unions, Organizing Time Is Fine When It’s on the Taxpayers’ Dime.” He also writes extensively on First Amendment rights. Follow him at Twitter @bhweingarten or his website, here.
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