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Show The Salt Lake Tibune UTAH Ban onpayroll deductions draws lawsuit e Continued from Cl organizations generally, and the Plaintiff Labor Organizations in particular, expend funds for someorall of the ‘political purposes’ defined in the VCAA,” the suit says. “This is particularly true of public sector labor orga- nizations — suchas Plaintiff Labor Organizations because the terms of their members’ employment are established through political processes.” Paul Murphy, a spokesman for the attorney general's office, said officials there have not yet been served with the suit and will respondas soon as they have a chanceto reviewit. The organizations bringing the suit are the Utah Education Association, the Utah State AFL-CIO, the American Federation of Teachers-Utah, the American Federation ofState, County, and Municipal Employees Local 1004, the Utah School Employees Association and the Professional Fire Fighters of Utah. The lawsuitis the secondfiled andability to influencepolicy. A state judge last year upheld the lawas constitutional but voided a section requiring solicitations for political contributions to be in writing. Both sides claimed victory and disputed what the ruling meant for political payroll deductions. To address concernsby the judge, legislators approved the VCAA, which allows unions to contribute to political action committees but only through a separate fund. Costs of administering the fund must be covered byinterest earnings rather than union dues. Those changes failed to resolve the dispute. In their latest suit, the labor organizations contend that public employers are refusing to honor employee requests that a portion of their wages be deducted from their paychecksandput in apolitical fund. pmansonasitrib.com by labor unions that tries to block enforcement of the statute. Under the original law, the Voluntary Contribution Actof 2001, dues moneyused to fundpolitical action committees cannot be collected via the state payroll and labor groups cannotsolicit political contributions from nonmembers. Enforcement of the act was put on hold while a coalition of labor organizations sued to stop it, arguing that it limits public employees’ free speech rights \ Thursday, December18, 2003 ~?) BEDROOM FURNITURE SALE 1 e Excellent Condition ~ e Drexel Heritage ® Solid Hard Wood ¢ Fabulously LowPrices ¢ See at 450 S. West Temple End tables Coffee tables Dressers with . mirrors Lamps Night stands Chairs Disguised man robs Taylorsville credit union Dressers Headboards Desks All items for sale and can Leseen at 450 S. West Temple Payment may be madebycash, check or credit card Furniture available now. 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