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Florida Republicans pass anti-union bill, reject Democrats’ attempts to soften its blow
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<blockquote data-quote="nWo" data-source="post: 5691245" data-attributes="member: 86976"><p><strong>"Absolutely not, I would rather die," quipped State Rep. Anna V. Eskamani, known for being a supporter of organized labor, when asked for her vote on a new law designed to undercut Florida's public sector unions</strong>, representing over 150,000 working Floridians. Eskamani and other state Democrats voted that law down, while <strong>most of the GOP supported it, despite opposition voiced by a number of Republican union members</strong>. The measure, imposing new requirements on public sector unions, was officially OK'ed by Gov. Ron DeSantis in May. Since then, several unions have filed legal challenges to block it. <strong>Educator unions claim it's unconstitutional, while the statewide police union (whose members are largely exempt from the law) admits the law is confusing (after realizing some of their co-workers, such as 911 operators, will be affected).</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nWo, post: 5691245, member: 86976"] [B]"Absolutely not, I would rather die," quipped State Rep. Anna V. Eskamani, known for being a supporter of organized labor, when asked for her vote on a new law designed to undercut Florida's public sector unions[/b], representing over 150,000 working Floridians. Eskamani and other state Democrats voted that law down, while [B]most of the GOP supported it, despite opposition voiced by a number of Republican union members[/b]. The measure, imposing new requirements on public sector unions, was officially OK'ed by Gov. Ron DeSantis in May. Since then, several unions have filed legal challenges to block it. [B]Educator unions claim it's unconstitutional, while the statewide police union (whose members are largely exempt from the law) admits the law is confusing (after realizing some of their co-workers, such as 911 operators, will be affected).[/b] [/QUOTE]
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