In his address to Congress on January 12, 2016, President Barack Obama asserted he was confident that “the State of our Union is strong.” He was of course referring to the Union of the United States. But by a curious coincidence the state of trade unions in the US and in the UK are undergoing controversial consideration, legal, and political, that may change their power, effectiveness and relations to political organizations.
The U.S. Supreme Court is now considering a case, Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, brought by ten teachers in California, concerning the First Amendment to the Constitution. The teachers oppose the requirement forcing public sector workers to support unions. They want the Court to overrule the 1977 case, Abood v. Detroit Board of Education that allows unions to levy charges on non-members of unions. Some 23 states, mostly Democratic, and the District of Columbia allow such charges to occur.
The objection of the California teachers, is based on two factors: opposition to the political position that unions take; and simple refusal to join a union if inclined to see unions as unnecessary or irrelevant. California law requires that public employees who do not want to join a union must pay union dues, what is called a “fair share service fee,” or “agency fee.” This is supposed to cover the cost of activities, including lobbying, for collective bargaining.
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2016/01/the_state_of_the_unions.html
The U.S. Supreme Court is now considering a case, Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, brought by ten teachers in California, concerning the First Amendment to the Constitution. The teachers oppose the requirement forcing public sector workers to support unions. They want the Court to overrule the 1977 case, Abood v. Detroit Board of Education that allows unions to levy charges on non-members of unions. Some 23 states, mostly Democratic, and the District of Columbia allow such charges to occur.
The objection of the California teachers, is based on two factors: opposition to the political position that unions take; and simple refusal to join a union if inclined to see unions as unnecessary or irrelevant. California law requires that public employees who do not want to join a union must pay union dues, what is called a “fair share service fee,” or “agency fee.” This is supposed to cover the cost of activities, including lobbying, for collective bargaining.
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2016/01/the_state_of_the_unions.html
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