U.S. District Court Enjoins Bush Administration's New Union Financial Disclosure Requirements

U.S. Newswire, January, 2004

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The U.S. District Court ruled on New Year's Eve to block the implementation of the Bush Administration's new union financial regulations that were scheduled to go into effect on January 1, 2004.

The new disclosure requirements, which National Right to Work Foundation officials have argued should have been much more stringent, would nevertheless have provided more information than in the past to rank-and-file union employees as to how their compulsory union dues are spent.

The Foundation filed as amicus curiae in defense of the regulations, arguing that there is not an undue burden on unions to comply, and that the regulations are greatly needed to help combat rampant union corruption and financial malfeasance.

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