DC: The Freedom Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to fighting for public-sector right-to-work laws, is preparing to launch a multi-state campaign to inform public union employees of their right to work free of forced union fees.
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Janus v. AFSCME, a labor case potentially impacting millions of union fee-payers, could come as soon as Monday, June 18. The case reconsiders a 1977 Supreme Court ruling that found public employees can be forced to pay an “agency” fee to a union for negotiating terms of employment for members and non-members alike.
The Janus case argues that compulsory dues violate an individual’s right to free speech because negotiating with the government is a political act negotiating the wages, benefits and working conditions of government employees. The court is expected to overturn the 1977 ruling and end mandatory service fees to unions. READ MORE
Eagerly awaiting this ruling, one of the big ones this season.
This will have an enormous impact on future elections.
Me too, LCD.
But but but…stare decisis, shouts everyone on the left!
the last thing we needed was unionized government employees. What a joke. Reagan should have canned every union member not just the air traffic controllers.
Look no further than the shining Prince of Camelot for our troubling government union label.