Good piece in today’s Los Angeles Times looking at who supports Prop 75, the Arnold Schwarzenegger-backed initiative that is trying to cripple the ability of unions to spend money on political activities. Guess what, it’s not the union workers themselves.

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Union Members Quiet on Prop. 75
By Jordan Rau, Times Staff Writer
SACRAMENTO —As labor critics seek to limit the use of union dues in California politics, one group is mostly steering clear of the Proposition 75 campaign: the workers whose rights the initiative claims to be championing.

Despite their entreaties, advocates for the initiative have been able to recruit only a handful of the state’s public employee union members to make appearances, give money or participate in campaign ads.

Out of more than 1 million union members who would be affected by the measure, only 181 have publicly endorsed it.

The absence of union members within the Campaign for Paycheck Protection is striking because its advocates say that one-third to one-half of union households favor the measure….