MA Fiscal Alliance Applauds SCOTUS Decision on Unions
Thursday, June 28, 2018
In a 5-4 ruling on Wednesday, the court banned the use of “fair share” or “agency” fees.
Prior to this decision, it was public sector unions decision to collect fees.
Massachusetts was one of 21 states which allowed public sector unions to collect these fees from people who were not members.
The Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance released the following statement on the ruling:
"We applaud the United States Supreme Court for its decision protecting our Constitutional rights of freedom of speech and freedom of association in their decision Janus v. AFSCME. No one should be forced to pay for a political message with which they do not agree.
For nearly forty years, a series of bureaucratic decisions and court rulings have allowed union bosses to dominate the political discourse of our country and our state. Though national in its scope, today’s ruling has broad implications for the Commonwealth. According to a statement released today by the Pioneer Institute, “18 of the 20 political action committees that contributed the most to candidates for state and county offices were labor organizations, and 85 percent of all PAC contributions went to Democratic candidates.” The Janus decision will finally bring some equity to this situation by allowing people who disagree with the political positions of their unions to opt out of funding that speech, and by forcing union leadership to be more responsive to their members and less beholden to the Beacon Hill political elite."
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