HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4413        FILED ON: 8/2/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4031

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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August 2, 2019

To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives,

Pursuant to Part the Second, Chapter I, Section I, Article II of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, I am returning unsigned House Bill No. 3854, “An Act relative to collective bargaining dues.”

While I have supported changing Massachusetts law to address recent changes in how public sector unions work with non-union members, including allowing public sector unions to charge non-members for costs associated with representation in grievances and updating some of the rules of engagement between state employees and public employee unions, I refuse to sign legislation that compels state and municipal government  to turn over the cellphone numbers of private citizens, who happen to be government employees, without their permission, to private organization.

For this reason, I am returning House Bill No. 3854 unsigned.

Respectfully submitted

Charles D. Baker,

Governor