Teachers, he said, "should spend their hard-earned dues money fighting for education reform, rather than fighting me."

"Why in God's name would you pay your dues money to an organization to create a competing credential?"

Another mailing accused him of trying to squeeze dues money out of poor welfare mothers.

It's because the Ron Carey campaign stole $1.5 million of your dues money.

The $10 million to cover the effort comes from 1199's dues money and from a political action committee that half its members contribute to each week.

Bush administration officials said the rules would fight union corruption and help union members see how their leaders were spending dues money.

Others said managers often urged them not to back the union, saying it would just take their dues money.

The company required employees to listen to speakers saying the union did not want to help workers, but only wanted their dues money.

Think of what you would lose with a union: first; your dues money, which could be $20 a month "and sometimes much more."

"Their hard-earned dues money was squandered away by his illegal activities."