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Omaha Steve

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Thu Nov 12, 2015, 11:40 AM Nov 2015

Federal News Radio: Senator takes aim at IRS union employees


http://federalnewsradio.com/unions/2015/11/senator-takes-aim-irs-union-employees/

By Jory Heckman | @jmheckman November 11, 2015 2:19 pm

A member of the Senate Finance Committee has introduced a bill that would exempt the Internal Revenue Service from unionizing.

Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) says his bill corrects an overly political culture in the IRS.

“My legislation will help end the partisan culture at the IRS by exempting the agency from labor organization and collective bargaining requirements. We should put the 200-plus employees currently doing union work back to serving the American taxpayers, not their union bosses and the politicians they support,” Scott said in a statement announcing the legislation.

The End the Partisan IRS Culture (EPIC) Act would amend the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute by stripping the agency of labor organization and collective bargaining requirements.

FULL story at link


Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington.
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Malraiders

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2. Freedom of association is guaranteed by the
Thu Nov 12, 2015, 11:52 AM
Nov 2015

First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The relevant portion states, “Congress shall make no law . . . abridging . . . the right of the people peaceably to assemble.”

http://fee.org/freeman/on-freedom-of-association/

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