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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJanus vs. AFSCME: Supreme Court Deals Blow To Government Unions
https://www.npr.org/2018/06/27/606208436/supreme-court-deals-blow-to-government-unionsIn a blow to organized labor, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that government workers who choose not to join a union cannot be charged for the cost of collective bargaining.
The vote was a predictable 5-to-4 margin. Justice Samuel Alito wrote the majority opinion with the court's conservatives joining him.
"Under Illinois law, public employees are forced to subsidize a union, even if they choose not to join and strongly object to the positions the union takes in collective bargaining and related activities," Alito wrote. "We conclude that this arrangement violates the free speech rights of nonmembers by compelling them to subsidize private speech on matters of substantial public concern."
The decision reverses a four-decades-old precedent and upends laws in 22 states.
The vote was a predictable 5-to-4 margin. Justice Samuel Alito wrote the majority opinion with the court's conservatives joining him.
"Under Illinois law, public employees are forced to subsidize a union, even if they choose not to join and strongly object to the positions the union takes in collective bargaining and related activities," Alito wrote. "We conclude that this arrangement violates the free speech rights of nonmembers by compelling them to subsidize private speech on matters of substantial public concern."
The decision reverses a four-decades-old precedent and upends laws in 22 states.
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Janus vs. AFSCME: Supreme Court Deals Blow To Government Unions (Original Post)
WhiskeyGrinder
Jun 2018
OP
you don't pay dues, you get to negotiate your own salary and benefits separate from the union member
Thomas Hurt
Jun 2018
#1
In addition, employees must opt in to withholding fees, rather than opt out.
WhiskeyGrinder
Jun 2018
#2
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)1. you don't pay dues, you get to negotiate your own salary and benefits separate from the union member
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,153 posts)2. In addition, employees must opt in to withholding fees, rather than opt out.
unblock
(51,974 posts)3. this is the same logic that let me not pay taxes because i don't support some military actions.
oh wait, that logic doesn't work.
oasis
(49,152 posts)4. McConnell's Gorsuck insertion into SCOTUS screwing working families.