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State Union Agency Fee Irks Some State Employees

By David Darman on Friday, September 1, 2006.

Starting this month, the state is going to start deducting what are called "Agency Fees" from employees who are not members of the State Employees Association.

These payments represent what the union calls the fair share of the costs of negotiating a contract with the state.

But some non-union employees don't want to pay the fees.

And some commissioners are refusing to enforce the contract.

New Hampshire Public Radio's David Darman has more.

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