Public employee unions allow people to opt out of dues. Up until a relatively recent SCOTUS decision (Janus), they still had to pay partial dues to cover things like collective bargaining since they are still part of the same bloc as the union employees.
But some conservative morons whined about it being against their beliefs to have to give money to a union or some bullshit (despite their partial dues literally being separated from anything politically-related. It’s just for the things they continue to benefit from), and it went to the Supreme Court.
They want to kill (public) unions altogether, and cutting off those partial dues means less money for collective bargaining, etc. So of course they ruled against the unions.
I’m a school bus driver and we’re unionized (although that’s actually somewhat rare). My co-workers are mostly trumpers but also rabidly pro-union, at least pro-our union. They’re in a strange mental state where they think trump and the republicans are supporters of unions and it’s the democrats who are trying to break them. I’m sure even George Orwell is in his grave thinking “wait, I didn’t think people would really be like this.”
The mental gymnastics are wild… If the people of West Virginia’s grandparents and great grandparents could see what that state has become, they’d be rolling in their graves.
Public employee unions allow people to opt out of dues. Up until a relatively recent SCOTUS decision (Janus), they still had to pay partial dues to cover things like collective bargaining since they are still part of the same bloc as the union employees.
But some conservative morons whined about it being against their beliefs to have to give money to a union or some bullshit (despite their partial dues literally being separated from anything politically-related. It’s just for the things they continue to benefit from), and it went to the Supreme Court.
They want to kill (public) unions altogether, and cutting off those partial dues means less money for collective bargaining, etc. So of course they ruled against the unions.
So they can opt out completely now.
I’m a school bus driver and we’re unionized (although that’s actually somewhat rare). My co-workers are mostly trumpers but also rabidly pro-union, at least pro-our union. They’re in a strange mental state where they think trump and the republicans are supporters of unions and it’s the democrats who are trying to break them. I’m sure even George Orwell is in his grave thinking “wait, I didn’t think people would really be like this.”
The mental gymnastics are wild… If the people of West Virginia’s grandparents and great grandparents could see what that state has become, they’d be rolling in their graves.