Posted on 06/27/2018 7:04:17 AM PDT by luv2ski
JUSTICE ALITO delivered the opinion of the Court. Under Illinois law, public employees are forced to subsi dize a union, even if they choose not to join and strongly object to the positions the union takes in collective bar gaining and related activities. We conclude that this arrangement violates the free speech rights of nonmem bers by compelling them to subsidize private speech on matters of substantial public concern. We upheld a similar law in Abood v. Detroit Bd. of Ed., 431 U. S. 209 (1977), and we recognize the importance of following precedent unless there are strong reasons for not doing so. But there are very strong reasons in this case. Fundamental free speech rights are at stake. Abood was poorly reasoned. It has led to practical problems and abuse. It is inconsistent with other First Amendment cases and has been undermined by more recent decisions. Developments since Abood was handed down have shed new light on the issue of agency fees, and no reliance interests on the part of public-sector unions are sufficient to justify the perpetuation of the free speech violations
it’s the 27th - good timing!
The ruling requires employees to “opt in” the union not opt out.
Public sector unions are typically aligned with the DemocRats who typically give them generous benefit and retirement packages in return for campaign contributions. The people not represented at the bargaining table are the taxpayers who are footing the whole bill.
I like your example, but it hits close to home for me. In a couple of months we will be moving out of the woods and back to town. Reliable electricity will be a major benefit.
And I can't tell you how many dead tall fir trees I have had to cut from the top down over the years. They have mostly been too tall for a bucket truck. Because some were close to structures I had to limb them as I climbed to the top. I learned first hand why dead limbs in the tops of tall trees are called “widow makers”. If they fall from 50 feet or more they tend to hit blunt end first and will sometimes make a hole in the ground several inches deep.
One time as I was cutting off limbs on the way up a tall dead fir tree next to my garage, I let one of them drop straight down from about 60 feet up and it and punched a hole in the garage roof and stood their looking like some sort of giant lawn dart. It went through the roof so far that it almost got to the hood of my wife's car.
In violent agreement with you. Now I’m hoping for a case that goes to the SCOTUS to invalidate the very idea of public sector unions.
Problem with most government parasites is they are perfectly fine with this. Surely they don't mind continuing handing over their "hardly earned" money to have the unions protect their sorry asses.
That’s true. But it is going to hurt them a lot.
But, again, is that what will occur? I bet not.
I don't see that happening. In fact, it would probably be a violation of the First Amendment's free association clause.
Well that’s not across the board. US military employees cannot unionize and you’d think that would have been challenged by now if what you say is true.
“So no more forced union dues?”
correct.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/supreme-court-deals-big-setback-labor-unions-140507353—finance.html
Wisconsin’s hard won, ‘Act 10’ is going NATIONAL, Baby!
“The 2011 Wisconsin Act 10, also known as the Wisconsin Budget Repair Bill,[1] was legislation proposed by Republican Governor Scott Walker[2] and passed by the Wisconsin Legislature to address a projected $3.6 billion budget deficit.[3] The legislation primarily affected the following areas: collective bargaining, compensation, retirement, health insurance, and sick leave of public sector employees. In response, unions and other groups organized protests inside and around the state capitol. The bill was passed into law and became effective as of June 29, 2011. Public employees exempted from the changes to the collective bargaining law include firefighters and most law enforcement workers.[1] The bill was ruled to be constitutional by the Wisconsin Supreme Court in July 2014, after three years of litigation.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Wisconsin_Act_10
You’re Welcome! Love My Guv! :)
I doubt the municipalities want to be sued into oblivion by violating the SCOTUS ruling.
You're right -- it's not across the board. In Parker v. Levy, the Supreme Court pointed out that First Amendment rights of military members are limited more than are the rights of civilians.
But in Smith v. Arkansas State Highway Employees, the Supreme Court held that civilian government employees had a constitutional right to freely associate as members of a union, though there wasn't a legal obligation for the government to actually recognize them as a union, or bargain with them collectively.
So if you think what I said isn't true, go argue with the Supreme Court. I'm just telling you what they've already said on that issue.
Don’t bet on it. There have already been pushes in various blue states to get laws changed in anticipation of this ruling:
Don’t kid yourself that this will happen in your next paycheck.
There are 10s of Millions of dollars at stake here, the unions aren’t going to just role over no matter what the Supreme Court said.
I understand what the RULING says, but the ruling doesn’t mean that every public sector union is going to obey it starting today...
This ruling has been anticipated for over a year, if you think the Public Sector unions are just going to roll over you are naive.
No it wouldn’t, there was no such thing as a federal employees union until Kennedy... Before that there were not federal employee unions... you were a civil servant... which is what you should be... not a union member.
This is not only catastrophic for the unions’ payroll, but it is also catastrophic for their propaganda, which especially affects our teachers, and in turn, their students.
That is a huge change.
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