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A potential union-busting measure was approved today in Tallahassee. The bill prohibits automatic payroll deduction of union dues from government workers’ paychecks. Police officers and firefighters from around the state came to speak against the bill. Labor union spokesman Rich Templin says the bill would create more hassle for organized labor.

“This is about making the process of people joining of their freewill a union in the state of Florida much more difficult, much more difficult, much more difficult, much harder,” said Templin.

Union members also complained the bill would take money away from charitable organizations to which they donate.