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Supreme Court Deals Blow to Labor Unions
theblaze.com ^ | 6/30/32014 | unknown

Posted on 06/30/2014 7:53:07 AM PDT by rktman

The Supreme Court says public sector unions can’t collect fees from home health care workers who object to being affiliated with a union.

The justices on Monday said collecting the fees violates the First Amendment rights of workers who are not union members.

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KEYWORDS: biglabor; ruling; scotus; unions
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To: DonaldC
I am surprised by this ruling as I think the unions had a valid point, all the works in a union shop benefit from what the union negotiates, unless non-union people are settling for less.

Absent Union meddling, what makes you think a motivated individual freely pursuing his own self interest would be paid less?

61 posted on 06/30/2014 9:24:04 AM PDT by Half Vast Conspiracy (Settled sciience.)
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To: DonaldC

If I was in a position to do so, I would pay a worker who eschewed the union MORE than a union worker because non-union people would probably be better workers anyway in the sense that they wouldn’t be relying on the union to protect them over their poor work habits.


62 posted on 06/30/2014 9:38:09 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
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To: Alvin Diogenes

This ruling has nothing to do with teacher’s unions or public employee unions. It is a very narrow ruling.


63 posted on 06/30/2014 9:39:09 AM PDT by SgtHooper (This is not my tag!)
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To: Gunpowder green
Compelling someone to pay union dues against their will is theft, and is not consistent with a free society.

Agreed; I think the same of withholdings, too.
Either it is theft (taking w/o the other's consent), or forcing the employer to commit fraud (not paying the agreed upon wage).

64 posted on 06/30/2014 9:51:39 AM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: Kickass Conservative

More than likely sad but true.


65 posted on 06/30/2014 9:51:44 AM PDT by rktman (Ethnicity: Nascarian. Race: Daytonafivehundrian)
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To: DonaldC

Right to work. Google it.


66 posted on 06/30/2014 10:05:34 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself.)
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To: DonaldC
I am surprised by this ruling as I think the unions had a valid point, all the works in a union shop benefit from what the union negotiates,

What was at issue, in this case, was this particular union (SEIU), taking union "dues" from people who were home caring for their own disabled family members. These people were not only not union members, they weren't even "health care professionals" by any stretch of the imagination.

It was a naked money grab, nothing more. SCOTUS got it right...

the infowarrior

67 posted on 06/30/2014 10:12:14 AM PDT by infowarrior
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To: hockeyfan44

Indeed!

Let’s hope that whatever the evil ones have been holding over his head has somehow been neutralized.


68 posted on 06/30/2014 10:21:54 AM PDT by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: rktman

The politicians who forced those people into the union should all go to jail.


69 posted on 06/30/2014 10:59:00 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: DonaldC

union shop?

These were home healthcare workers who were basically their own boss, independent contractors.


70 posted on 06/30/2014 10:59:57 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: DonaldC

The mere fact that some States allow closed union shops is a disgrace to private property and businesses. It says that if enough employees vote to form a union the business must do their labor business with that union, which violates the business rights to hire whomever they want.


71 posted on 06/30/2014 11:13:06 AM PDT by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Are!)
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To: DonaldC

“all the works in a union shop benefit from what the union negotiates”

That is a false assumption, that there was benefit. One could argue their pay was capped and no free market existed to fairly compete because of the union’s interference.


72 posted on 06/30/2014 11:16:26 AM PDT by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Are!)
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To: KeyLargo

Hope she gets up off her butt before she uses the fingers.


73 posted on 06/30/2014 12:17:28 PM PDT by Maryhere ("HE comes to rule the earth")
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To: DonaldC
No one should be forced to join a union.

And the unions never had a place, they didn't help raise wages, they only contribute to unemployment, which is what their purpose always was, to control who can be hired.

74 posted on 06/30/2014 12:48:11 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: DonaldC

There is no union shop involved in this matter. These individuals are taking care of family members in their own homes. The care givers have gotten zero benefits from union negotiations anyplace. And the unions were going after a piece of their wages. At least you’re correct that unions have outlived their true beneficial purpose. Now they’re just fundraising arms of the dimokrat party.


75 posted on 06/30/2014 1:25:06 PM PDT by cherokee1 (skip the names---just kick the buttz)
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To: cherokee1

One question..... Say I hired my sister in law to look after the child in my absence or perhaps a neighbor or perhaps an RN that works as a private contractor.

Must they pay union dues or they exempt if they are found out by the Union?


76 posted on 06/30/2014 1:30:08 PM PDT by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... Obama is public enemy #1)
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Tax payers are not fairly represented when it concerns public unions.


77 posted on 06/30/2014 1:44:51 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: rktman

This ruling is a good start, but public sector unions need to be made unarguably illegal, and private sector unions should exist at the sole discretion of the company they are a part of. That unions are still soaking up tax dollars is still a cause of mourning for the American people.


78 posted on 06/30/2014 2:30:04 PM PDT by Objective Scrutator (All liberals are criminals, and all criminals are liberals)
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To: rktman

The Court is headed toward making the United States a right-to-work nation. Maybe Senator Udall can propose another Constitutional amendment to try to rape the First Amendment.


79 posted on 06/30/2014 2:53:11 PM PDT by Repeal 16-17 (Let me know when the Shooting starts.)
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To: DonaldC

HUH? The State said that RELATIVES of disabled people, who took care of those with disabilities in the home, had do join a UNION! Did you miss that point?


80 posted on 06/30/2014 3:21:34 PM PDT by Kansas58
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