{"id":1783192,"date":"2022-12-21T17:31:56","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T22:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1783192"},"modified":"2022-12-21T17:49:03","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T22:49:03","slug":"gov-desantis-demands-paycheck-protection-bill-to-prevent-govt-from-deducting-union-dues-from-teacher-paychecks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-desantis-demands-paycheck-protection-bill-to-prevent-govt-from-deducting-union-dues-from-teacher-paychecks\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov. DeSantis Demands &#8220;Paycheck Protection&#8221; Bill to Prevent Govt From Deducting Union Dues From Teacher Paychecks"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgov-desantis-demands-paycheck-protection-bill-to-prevent-govt-from-deducting-union-dues-from-teacher-paychecks%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1783192&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.21-02.59-thepoliticalinsider-63a31f47c4f3c.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is still riding that midterm high, announcing even more legislation and plans to increase parent and teacher autonomy and weaken the grip of self-interested unions. Finally, it appears there are some Republicans who aren\u2019t going to abandon the education issue to the Democrats.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Florida Governor did what most politicians never do, he put his name behind school board candidates, and the results astounded the left-wing unions who have had a death grip on school boards nationwide. So will other Governors take a page from DeSantis\u2019 book?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">One can only hope. Meanwhile, let\u2019s look at the champion of parental rights and education freedom\u2019s latest announcement, which I\u2019m sure has his arch-nemesis Randi Weingarten outraged.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Gov. Ron DeSantis says he wants a \u201cPaycheck Protection\u201d bill passed. He says it prevents government from deducting union dues from teacher paychecks. Instead, teachers would need to write checks to the unions.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dr. Andrew Jackson (@DrAndrewJackson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrAndrewJackson\/status\/1605343665089495040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 20, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/desantis-calls-for-grand-jury-probe-into-covid-vaccines-says-cdc-info-not-worth-the-paper-its-printed-on\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DeSantis Calls For Grand Jury Probe Into COVID Vaccines: Says CDC Info \u2018Not Worth the Paper It\u2019s Printed On\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Standing Up To The Teachers Unions<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">This week, Governor Ron DeSantis gave a speech outlining his hopes to pass what he calls the Paycheck Protection legislation. To put it plainly, the legislation forces those who want to participate in unions to cut a check, so to speak, each month as opposed to unions receiving automatic payments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">This would theoretically affect all unions in the state, but this speech was explicitly geared toward the education community. This legislation would end the government\u2019s role in automatically deducting teachers\u2019 pay to send the money to teachers\u2019 unions. (Which, of course, often end up right back in the hands of those politicians anyway.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Governor DeSantis <a href=\"https:\/\/flvoicenews.com\/desantis-talks-paycheck-protection-legislation-fight-against-unions-in-school-board-races\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">explains<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cFirst of all, you totally, you do not have to join teachers union. But if you do, the government, we don\u2019t want to play a role in deducting anybody\u2019s money so you write every month for the dues and you do it that way.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"subscribe\" class=\"email-signup inarticle\">\n<h4>Support Conservative Voices!<\/h4>\n<h5><strong>Sign up to receive the latest<\/strong> political news, insight, and commentary delivered directly to your inbox.<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Essentially, the Governor is taking the government role out of the union\u2019s income stream and putting the power back in the teacher\u2019s hands on what they want to support with their pocketbooks. It\u2019s all about freedom, as the Governor states:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cThat maximizes freedom to choose. And I think it\u2019ll be a more accurate reflection of who wants to be apart of this or not.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEW: Gov. Ron DeSantis says he wants a \u201cPaycheck Protection\u201d bill passed.<\/p>\n<p>He says it prevents government from deducting union dues from teacher paychecks. Instead, teachers would need to write checks to the unions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat maximizes freedom to choose&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7ouyogmATm\">pic.twitter.com\/7ouyogmATm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lydia Nusbaum (@LydiaNusbaum) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LydiaNusbaum\/status\/1604936642942345230?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 19, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">But that\u2019s not the only positive of this plan; its genius lies within the details.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/high-schools-mandating-jrotc-enrollments-leaving-some-parents-worried-about-militarized-indoctrination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">High Schools Mandating JROTC Enrollments Leaving Some Parents Worried About Militarized Indoctrination<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Decertification<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Currently, dues are automatically taken out of teachers\u2019 pay and are automatically renewed yearly. This change that DeSantis proposes removes that auto-deduction from teachers\u2019 paychecks and puts the power on the teachers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Sounds great, right? Not if you are a teachers union.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">There has been a fair amount of chitter-chatter that there are more teachers than not who disagree with various measures the unions have been pushing. From gender ideology to critical race theory, I, along with most parents, believe most of America\u2019s educators want to teach the basics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">You know, things like math, reading, and history. Suppose enough teachers opt not to cut a check to their particular teacher\u2019s union of choice. In that case, that might weaken the lobbying power of said union.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Governor <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/12\/20\/desantis-unleashes-new-weapon-in-fiery-attack-on-teachers-unions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">explains<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cIf they don\u2019t have a majority of the teachers who are actually signing up to pay dues, it should be decertified. You shouldn\u2019t be able to continue a zombie organization that doesn\u2019t have the support of the people you are supposedly negotiating for.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Allow me to explain further. Unions get most of their power from their rosters and dues.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The more people signed into the union, the louder their voice in government. The more people signed into the union, the more dues collected, and the more money available to donate to political parties and candidates.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">What a novel idea to elevate not just parents but educators. I would argue Governor DeSantis is the Education Governor. Still, others consider him the enemy of education.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">DeSantis on school board races and 2022 win: <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo say that that\u2019s going to be the norm in every election going forward, I don\u2019t think you should count on that. These are important fights going forward\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis says teachers unions are going to double down and come guns blazing <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FR0OFJCyUh\">pic.twitter.com\/FR0OFJCyUh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Amber Jo Cooper (@AmberJoCooper) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmberJoCooper\/status\/1604957726626533378?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 19, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/desantis-takes-gop-to-school-on-winning-elections-florida-showed-how-its-done\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DeSantis Takes GOP to School on Winning Elections: Florida Showed \u2018How Its Done\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Two Countries?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">This past midterm, Governor DeSantis put his name behind 30 school board candidates, of which 24 won.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Governor said of his <a href=\"https:\/\/flvoicenews.com\/desantis-talks-paycheck-protection-legislation-fight-against-unions-in-school-board-races\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">success<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cI think what we\u2019ve been able to do is show that these races matter.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">And boy, do they; more often than not, what happens in your local school board and local politics affects your lives more than what happens in the swamp of D.C. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Governor went on to <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/12\/20\/desantis-unleashes-new-weapon-in-fiery-attack-on-teachers-unions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">say<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cI think a lot of the teachers unions were surprised at how much effort all of us put into these races.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">And boy, were they. American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/12\/14\/education-critical-race-theory-schools-00072983\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> of the midterm school board upsets:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cMy concern is that we can\u2019t have two countries. This is one United States of America, and we have an obligation to help kids \u2013 regardless of whether they\u2019re in South Carolina, Tennessee, New York or California \u2013 to learn how to critically think.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Still true. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/1u?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#1u<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UnionStrong?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UnionStrong<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/io2Q3ij0wQ\">pic.twitter.com\/io2Q3ij0wQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Randi Weingarten \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83d\udcaa\ud83c\udfff\ud83d\udc69\u200d\ud83c\udf93 (@rweingarten) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rweingarten\/status\/1605372732203491328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 21, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">And what a bang-up job you all have done, Randi. But, unfortunately, our children have some of the lowest scores in reading and math has seen in decades.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In It For The Long Haul<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Hopefully, the Republican focus on education doesn\u2019t fade away. Based on the continued push out here in Virginia by Governor Glenn Youngkin, the consistent messaging from Governor DeSantis, and of course, former Secretary of State and possible presidential candidate Mike Pompeo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2022\/nov\/23\/teachers-union-randi-weingarten-pompeo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">declaring<\/a> Randi Weingarten \u201cThe most dangerous person in the world\u2026\u201d it appears that some are at least in the fight for awhile.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Our adversaries are delighted by the propaganda that teachers&#8217; unions\u2014and Randi Weingarten, in particular\u2014are pushing in schools.<\/p>\n<p>We can stand up to foreign adversaries. But if we lose our kids then we lose everything.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mike Pompeo (@mikepompeo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mikepompeo\/status\/1598384020303355904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 1, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">DeSantis <a href=\"https:\/\/flvoicenews.com\/desantis-talks-paycheck-protection-legislation-fight-against-unions-in-school-board-races\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">warned<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cThey\u2019re going to double down and they\u2019re going to come at it even harder, guns blazing because this is an entrenched interest that they get their money from being able to be involved in these systems.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">On the flip side, Randi <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/12\/14\/education-critical-race-theory-schools-00072983\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">argues<\/a> that Big Education when it comes to our children:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201c\u2026we have an obligation to create a safe and welcoming environment.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">With the latest Virginia probe, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/loudoun-county-public-schools-superintendent-school-official-indicted-special-grand-jury\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">discovery<\/a> the Loudoun County Superintendent was culpable in the sexual assaults of girls in his schools by a trans student; it\u2019s hard to believe any of these tools of the unions care about our kid\u2019s safety, let alone education. So perhaps Mr. DeSantis\u2019 move to give parents AND teachers a voice in his state will help push some real change in our public education system.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Because I don\u2019t think Mr. Pompeo is wrong, the future of our country hinges on how well we educate the youngest in our nation. But, unfortunately, all signs indicate that Big Education cares more about pronoun choices than arithmetic and actual grammar.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Now is the time to support and share the sources you trust.<\/strong><br \/>The Political Insider ranks #3 on <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.feedspot.com\/political_blogs\/\">Feedspot\u2019s<\/a> \u201c100 Best Political Blogs and Websites.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is still riding that midterm high, announcing even more legislation and plans to increase parent and teacher autonomy and weaken the grip of self-interested unions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1783195,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[6962,11039,3895,5458,11040,4201,4980,11041,3668,8338,4797,11042,5495,4140,3819,4698,4701],"class_list":["post-1783192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-the","tag-paycheck","tag-bill","tag-bongino","tag-deducting","tag-demands","tag-desantis","tag-dues","tag-from","tag-gov","tag-govt","tag-paychecks","tag-prevent","tag-protection","tag-report","tag-teacher","tag-union"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1783192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1783192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1783192\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1783195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1783192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1783192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1783192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}