The teachers union representing over 27,000 employees in Miami-Dade County has won recertification as an exclusive bargaining agent.
In a statement, United Teachers of Dade said it received a landslide 83% of the vote. The union also called the election unnecessary, blaming a new labor law that went into effect last year and was championed by Gov. Ron DeSantis.
That law requires at least 60% of public employee union members to pay dues in order to stay active. Since the law passed, more than 60,000 public sector workers have lost their unions.
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