DeSantis signs Florida bill easing union decertification
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Updated · The Wall Street Journal · May 3
DeSantis signs Florida bill easing union decertification
13 articles · Updated · The Wall Street Journal · May 3
SB 1296 requires unions below 60% dues-paying membership to win majority support for recertification and bars taxpayer-funded paid leave for campaigning, lobbying and recruitment.
Paid leave remains for contract negotiations and grievance work, while other union activity must use unpaid or accrued personal time.
The measure builds on Florida's 2023 SB 256, after several unions representing more than 70,000 employees were decertified for failing to show sufficient support.
Can unions survive when non-voters are counted as 'no' votes under a new Florida law?
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