Austin Finance Limits
Posted By Bill McMorris On September 7, 2016 @ 4:55 pm In Issues | No Comments
A Texas think tank is challenging a policy in the city of Austin that finances union activities with taxpayer dollars.
The Texas Public Policy Foundation, a free market group, is suing the city, as well as International Association of Fire Fighters Local 975, claiming that the use of union release time violates the Texas state constitution.
Release time is a popular practice in which public employees who become union representatives continue to draw a government paycheck. The suit argues that this is an inappropriate use of taxpayer dollars because the employee’s function serves a private entity rather than the general public.
Article printed from Washington Free Beacon:
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