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自由基金会称该法案为“打击行动”，旨在禁止向公职人员宣传工会会费相关内容
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发布于2026年9月14日美国东部时间下午5:12
凯西·霍楚尔与纽约州民主党因工会法案遭抨击，被指“纯粹审查”
教师自由联盟首席执行官瑞安·沃尔特斯抨击纽约州州长凯西·霍楚尔及民主党人推出的一项法案，称其等同于“纯粹审查”。
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纽约州民主党州长凯西·霍楚尔被指控代表教师工会实施言论自由“打击行动”，此前她签署一项法律，授予州总检察长对被认定从事虚假宣传、伪装成经工会授权的组织处以罚款的权力。
霍楚尔上周签署一项法律，禁止个人和组织使用伪装成工会或工会代表授权的虚假宣传。该法律即刻生效，允许民主党总检察长莱蒂西亚·詹姆斯展开调查并提起诉讼，以制止涉嫌违规行为，包括涉及外州组织的违规行为。法院可对每起违规行为处以最高1000美元的罚款。
对此，致力于反对包括教师工会在内的公共部门工会的保守派非营利组织自由基金会表示，纽约州这项新法律旨在通过让其宣传容易受到政府调查、诉讼和罚款，从而压制该基金会的宣传活动。
该基金会首席执行官亚伦·怀斯称这项法律是“打击行动”。他表示，这项法律“不是为了保护任何人”，而是“因为纽约州的政府工会害怕一个令人不安的事实：当公职人员得知他们不必支付工会会费时，很多人就会停止缴纳。因此，工会头目没有向自己的成员阐明立场，而是求助于立法机构中的盟友，让他们制定出将言论定为非法的法律”。
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纽约州民主党州长凯西·霍楚尔因上周签署一项法案遭到批评，该法案授权州总检察长对被认定对工会成员实施欺骗性行为的组织展开调查并罚款。(亚当·格雷 彭博社/盖蒂图片社)
福克斯新闻数字频道已联系霍楚尔和詹姆斯的办公室置评。福克斯新闻数字频道同时联系了纽约州联合教师协会、美国教师联合会以及美国劳工联合会-产业工会联合会寻求评论。
该法律允许詹姆斯调查涉嫌违规行为、发出传票，并请求法院阻止被认定为欺骗性的宣传。法院可对每起违规行为处以最高1000美元的罚款，包括针对纽约州以外的组织。
纽约州美国劳工联合会-产业工会联合会（NYS AFL-CIO）对霍楚尔签署该法案表示赞赏，她同时签署了另外两项与劳工权利相关的法案。纽约州劳联-产联主席马里奥·奇伦托表示，该法律将“追究冒充工会代表进行欺诈行为的个人责任”。
他表示，霍楚尔签署的一系列法案“将工人放在首位”。
霍楚尔在X平台的一篇帖子中同样将这些法案描述为优先考虑工人利益，她写道：“今天标志着一个新的时代，我们将获得更多保护，因为我将永远不会停止为我们的工人而战。”
“纽约州孕育了劳工运动。在过去五年里，我通过大力支持劳工界的男女同仁延续了这一传统，”霍楚尔写道。
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纽约州民主党总检察长莱蒂西亚·詹姆斯与同为民主党人的纽约州州长凯西·霍楚尔，于2025年9月6日周六出席了在纽约市举行的纽约市劳动节游行——这是美国历史最悠久的劳动节游行，共有200多个工会和组织的成员参与。(塞尔库克·阿克塞尔/安纳多卢通讯社通过盖蒂图片社)
与此同时，自由基金会已通过邮寄和其他方式联系纽约州公职人员，包括教师，告知他们可以脱离工会并停止缴纳会费。据该组织称，已有近7500名纽约州公职人员利用自由基金会的材料取消了工会会员资格，其中今年迄今已有1400多人。
在给福克斯新闻数字频道的一份声明中，怀斯援引了2018年最高法院在“詹努斯诉美国州、县和市雇员联合会”案中的判决，该判决认定公职人员包括公立学校教师不得被强迫缴纳用于集体谈判或其他言论活动的工会会费，因为这类言论可能涉及受第一修正案保护的政治议题。
他表示，尽管纽约州法律“允许莱蒂西亚·詹姆斯对该基金会的宣传处以罚款，只要州政府认定该宣传‘冒充’工会……但我们所做的只是告知公职人员他们早已拥有的权利：脱离工会并停止缴纳会费”。
“这是一项反言论的法律，专门针对某一类发言者，”怀斯说。
他断言纽约州的法律是“抄袭”自俄勒冈州的一项类似法案，而自由基金会已就俄勒冈州的这项法案向美国第九巡回上诉法院提起诉讼。他表示，其组织“将在此提起同样的诉讼”。
福克斯新闻数字频道采访了俄克拉荷马州前公立学校督学、自由基金会教育分支教师自由联盟首席执行官瑞安·沃尔特斯。沃尔特斯称纽约州的法律是“民主党人保护其工会头目，实施‘纯粹审查’并针对政治对手的典型案例”。
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瑞安·沃尔特斯接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访，谈及“美国优先学生组织”在俄克拉荷马州的扩张以及他对抗教师工会的努力(福克斯新闻数字频道)
“这就像煤矿里的金丝雀，是一个预警信号：如果纽约州得以实施这项法案——一位公开标榜社会主义的市长、一位如暴君般按照教师工会旨意行事的州长——这种情况将在全国蔓延，在这种环境下，我们的学校将无法改善，”他说，并补充道，“纽约州在此事上的走向，将是其他蓝州的效仿对象。”
他认为，纽约州的法律“向你展示了权力结构对民主党人有多重要”。
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“他们必须掌控学校系统，才能继续掌控整个国家，”他说。“尽管经历了选举，他们仍在很大程度上掌控着这些教育系统。这就是为什么教师工会是这个国家进步的头号敌人，也是为什么纽约州需要直接面对他们的所作所为。”
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Hochul accused of ‘hit job’ on behalf of teachers’ unions in act of ‘pure censorship’: labor group
2026-09-14T17:12:34-04:00 / Fox News
The Freedom Foundation calls the measure a ‘hit job’ designed to silence outreach to public employees about union dues
By Peter Pinedo Fox News
Published September 14, 2026 5:12pm EDT
Kathy Hochul and New York Democrats called out for ‘pure censorship’ in unions bill
Ryan Walters, CEO of the Teacher Freedom Alliance, calls out New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and Democrats for a bill he says equates to “pure censorship.”
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New York Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul is being accused of conducting a “hit job” on free speech on behalf of teachers unions after she signed a law giving the state attorney general the power to fine groups deemed to be engaged in deceptive communications that falsely appear to be authorized by a union.
Hochul signed a law last week prohibiting people and organizations from using deceptive communications that falsely appear to be authorized by a union or union representative. The law, which took immediate effect, allows Democratic Attorney General Letitia James to investigate and sue to stop alleged violations, including those involving out-of-state groups. Courts can impose fines of up to $1,000 per incident.
In response, the Freedom Foundation, a conservative nonprofit that campaigns against public-sector unions, including teachers’ unions, says New York’s new law is a targeted effort to silence its outreach by making its communications vulnerable to government investigations, lawsuits and fines.
CEO Aaron Withe called the law a “hit job.” He said the law “isn’t about protecting anyone,” adding that it instead “exists because government unions in New York are terrified of an inconvenient fact: when public employees learn they don’t have to pay union dues, a lot of them stop. So instead of making their case to their own members, union bosses ran to their friends in the legislature and got them to write a law that makes speech illegal.”
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New York Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul is taking criticism over a bill she signed last week that empowers the state attorney general to investigate and fine groups deemed to be engaged in deceptive practices against labor union members.(Adam Gray – Pool/Getty Images)
Fox News Digital reached out to Hochul’s and James’ offices for comment. Fox News Digital also reached out to the New York State United Teachers, United Federation of Teachers and the AFL-CIO for comment.
The law allows James to investigate alleged violations, issue subpoenas and ask a court to block communications deemed deceptive. Courts can impose fines of up to $1,000 per violation, including against organizations outside New York.
The New York State American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (NYS AFL-CIO) praised Hochul’s decision to sign the bill, which she signed along with two other pieces of legislation related to labor rights. Mario Cilento, president of NYS AFL-CIO, remarked that the law will be “holding individuals accountable for fraudulently claiming to be union representatives.”
He said the slate of bills signed by Hochul “put workers first.”
In an X post, Hochul similarly framed the bills as prioritizing workers, writing, “Today marks a new day with even more protections, because I’ll never stop fighting for our workers.”
“New York State gave birth to the labor movement. Over the last five years, I have continued that legacy by fiercely supporting the men and women of labor,” wrote Hochul.
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Meanwhile, the Freedom Foundation has mailed and otherwise contacted New York public employees, including teachers, to inform them of their ability to leave their unions and stop paying dues. Nearly 7,500 New York public employees have used Freedom Foundation materials to cancel their union memberships, including more than 1,400 so far this year, according to the group.
In a statement to Fox News Digital, Withe pointed to the 2018 Supreme Court decision in Janus v. AFSCME, which held that public-sector employees, including public school teachers, cannot be forced to pay union fees for collective bargaining or other speech because that speech can involve political issues protected by the First Amendment.
He said that while the New York law “lets Letitia James fine the Freedom Foundation for outreach the state decides ‘impersonates’ a union … all we’re doing is telling public employees what already gives them: the right to leave their union and stop paying dues.”
“This is an anti-speech law aimed at one kind of speaker,” said Withe.
He asserted that the New York law was “copied” from a similar measure in Oregon, which the Freedom Foundation is already challenging in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. He said his organization will “make the same case here.”
Fox News Digital spoke with Ryan Walters, former superintendent of Oklahoma public schools and CEO of Freedom Foundation’s education arm, the Teacher Freedom Alliance. Walters called the New York law an example of “pure censorship and targeting of political opponents by Democrats protecting their union bosses.”
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“This is such a canary in the coal mine moment where if New York is allowed to do this – an openly socialist mayor, a governor operating as a tyrant doing the behests of the teachers’ unions – it’s going to go on across the country, and our schools will not be able to improve in that kind of environment,” he said, adding, “Where New York goes with this is going to be where the other blue states follow.”
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He posited that the New York law “shows you how important that power structure is for the Democrat party.”
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“They have to control the school system to continue to control the country,” he said. “Despite elections, they still control these education systems at large. That’s why the teachers’ unions are enemy number one of progress in this country and why New York needs to be taken on directly for what they’re doing.”
Peter Pinedo is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.