U.S. Supreme Court gives IL Rauner major victory over labor, in ruling that could undercut public

[lunasun]

U.S. Supreme Court gives IL gov. Rauner major victory over labor, in ruling that could undercut public worker unions nationwide

Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner on Wednesday notched a major victory in a battle with organized labor when the U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion that could undercut public employee unions nationwide.

In a case with roots in Rauner’s first weeks in office, the court ruled that public workers shouldn’t have to pay fees to a union they don’t want to join. That means government employees in Illinois and nearly two dozen other states can choose not to pay for union efforts to bargain over wages, pensions, health care benefits and other services.

The governor, who has long been at odds with organized labor and has called the state’s largest public employee union “Af-Scammy,” praised the Supreme Court’s decision as a “historic victory for freedom of speech.” Union advocates had warned a ruling against the fees would weaken organized labor by chipping away at their membership and the funding that goes along with it, but labor leaders vowed to fight back.

The idea behind the “fair share” fees struck down Wednesday is that unions negotiate on behalf of all employees within a workplace, and workers who benefit from bargaining should help cover that cost even if they don’t agree with the union’s politics. It’s a legal precedent that the high court set in 1977 in a case known as Abood v. Detroit Board of Education that Wednesday’s 5-4 decision has now reversed.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-bruce-rauner-janus-afscme-20180604-story.html

So this is what having a R gov in IL is achieving
Oh yeah Rauner was in the courtroom when the Justices delivered the opinion

[Historic NY]

1. Unions should now not train or participate in training those that do not pay agency shop dues.

[whathehell]

2. They should have to do absolutely nothing for them...

Can you imagine the Repugs doing Anything for Anybody without getting paid?

[Wellstone ruled]

3. Yes to the first part,

the real loser is all those folks who have Pension Rights. Remember,Illinois has a State Pension short fall in the tens of Billions. Rauner loves this,no Unions,aha,no pensions,aha,we republicans just fixed our screwup.

[blue-wave]

4. "So this is what having a R gov in IL is achieving"

Yeah that and he has made the budget mess in Illinois even 100 times worse. Rauner has been a disaster for Illinois and now the entire country. I now see an "R" by any politicians name and I know they are a scourge on society.

[murielm99]

5. Let's put him in jail soon.

Most of our governors end up there sooner or later.

[lunasun]

6. I would rather just vote him out. No R martyrs needed in IL right now imo . Quinn is not in jail

He just ran for AG in the D primary and lost