Jewish
World Review June 22, 2012/ 2 Tamuz, 5772
Supreme Court deals blow to unions
By David G. Savage
JewishWorldReview.com
WASHINGTON—(MCT)The U.S. Supreme Court sharply criticized
public-sector unions for using money from nonmembers to fund special political
campaigns, stepping into the intense political debate about such unions and
signaling that new constitutional limits may be coming.
The justices ruled Thursday that the Service Employees
International Union in California violated the First Amendment rights of its
dissident members by taking extra fees from their paychecks in 2005. The money
was used to fight two anti-union ballot measures.
"This aggressive use of power by the SEIU to collect
fees from nonmembers is indefensible," said Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr.,
speaking for the court's majority. "When a public-sector union imposes a
special assessment or dues increase, the union ... may not exact any funds from
nonmembers without their affirmative consent."
The court fight carried echoes of the recent battles in
Wisconsin, Ohio and other states where Republican governors sought to limit the
power of public-sector unions, and the two dissenters Thursday made reference
to those tensions… http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0612/supreme_court_unions.php3
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