Wednesday, June 27, 2018

Supreme Court Delivers Trauma to Labor Unions; Non-Union Workers Can't Be Forced to Pay Dues

The U.S. Supreme Court today (June 27, 2018) dealt a big blow to labor unions, ruling that non-members cannot be forced to pay fees to unions representing public employees -- such as teachers and police officers -- thus shutting off a key union revenue source, according to the Reuters website.

The 5-4 ruling overturned a 1977 Supreme Court precedent that had permitted these so-called "agency fees," which have been collected from millions of workers who opt not to join unions.

Forcing non-members to pay these fees to unions whose views they may oppose violates their rights to free speech and free association under the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment, the court ruled.

"States and public-sector unions may no longer extract agency fees from non-consenting employees," the court wrote.

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