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WillowTree

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15. And you stated the exact issue that he is contesting.

Reply to turbinetree (Reply #14)

Mon Feb 19, 2018, 05:46 PM

Feb 2018

"However, if you don’t work in one of the right to work states discussed above, unions can still force you to pay fees similar to union dues (often called “agency fees”), even if you are not a union member."

That's what he is objecting to now. And the Supremes have agreed to hear the case. So, we shall see what we shall see when they decide.

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Gorsuch deciding vote in key labor union funding case [View all] turbinetree Feb 2018 OP

Be prepared to lose everything that is good; unions, voting rights, clean air and water Eliot Rosewater Feb 2018 #1

I wonder if Mr Janus knows that important fact you just commented about turbinetree Feb 2018 #2

I think it is a given how Gorsuch is going to vote and it clearly will not be pro-Union. hlthe2b Feb 2018 #3

I remember living out there when his mother was in charge, turbinetree Feb 2018 #4

You lost me. WillowTree Feb 2018 #5

To join a union, you sign a card to have the union represent you in contractual matters with a turbinetree Feb 2018 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author WillowTree Feb 2018 #9

But that's this guy's point. He isn't a union member. WillowTree Feb 2018 #11

As a former union rep I fully understand Taft Hartley and it sucks turbinetree Feb 2018 #12

This is a government workers' union. WillowTree Feb 2018 #13

He lives in a unionized closed shop state, Illinois turbinetree Feb 2018 #14

And you stated the exact issue that he is contesting. WillowTree Feb 2018 #15

If "swinger" KENNEDY is on the wingnut side (as usual), GORSUCH will certainly be UTUSN Feb 2018 #7

Yepper, spot on turbinetree Feb 2018 #8

gonna take a LONG TIME to undo there BULLSHIT!!!!!! bluestarone Feb 2018 #10

Scumbag wants to be a free loader and doesnt care if he destroys the country to get it Lee-Lee Feb 2018 #16