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 remarks here.

Ernst explained that, 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 has uncovered bureaucrats 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, Ernst detailed how 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.

Ernst discussed how she will put a stop to this nonsense through her Taxpayer-Funded Union Time Transparency Act that would expose just how much federal employee unions are subsidized by tax dollars and her Protecting Taxpayers’ Wallets Act that would force federal employee unions to reimburse taxpayers for all expenses stemming from union activity.

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