ICYMI: Ernst Says Taxpayer-Funded Union Time’s Clock is Running Out

WASHINGTON – In case you missed it, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) joined the Public Labor Unions Accountability Committee (PLUAC) to discuss her leadership in ending the costly practice of taxpayer-funded union time (TFUT), where federal employees scam taxpayers by negotiating cushy perks for themselves instead of serving the American people.
During the event, Ernst highlighted the true cost to taxpayers, all the insane examples of bureaucrats abusing TFUT, and her work to force unions to foot the bill and reimburse taxpayers for all expenses.

Watch Ernst’s full remarkshere.
Ernstexplainedthat, while the most recent data showed TFUT costs at least$160 million annually, we don’t even know the true cost because Biden’s administration concealed the data.
As part of her mission to expose the true cost of union time on the taxpayers’ dime, she hasuncoveredbureaucrats wasting tens of thousands of hours and millions of dollars engaging in union activities instead of serving the American people.
As if the massive price tag was not bad enough, Ernstdetailedhow she has caught bureaucrats sunning on a Puerto Rican beach, sitting in jail for a DUI, launching a Florida real estate business, and much more all while claiming to be engaging in taxpayer-funded union activities and collecting a government paycheck.
Ernstdiscussedhow she will put a stop to this nonsense through herTaxpayer-Funded Union Time Transparency Actthat would expose just how much federal employee unions are subsidized by tax dollars and herProtecting Taxpayers’ Wallets Actthat would force federal employee unions to reimburse taxpayers for all expenses stemming from union activity.
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