Unions have a right to engage in political activities, but their political power should not be artificially inflated by the ability to extract money from unwilling workers. These same unions often spend their members’ dues money in ways that are unrelated to the purposes for which many union members voluntarily join—to be represented in collective bargaining over pay and working conditions, to help with the adjudication of grievances, and—especially in the case of school teachers—to be assured of legal representation in the event of a lawsuit. Instead, however, inordinate shares of the members’ dues money are spent on behalf of political candidates and causes with which the members may or may not agree. Therefore, to protect union members from having to subsidize such political activities, the Florida Legislature ought to adopt reforms to ensure that union members are free to control how their money is spent.