It may seem counter-intuitive but after the ruling that dealt a crippling blow to union finances, there are lessons to be learned from the gun organization
This week, the supreme court delivered its long-anticipated decision in Janus v AFSCME, banning a major source of funding for public sector unions, called agency fees. For the US labor movement, it’s not quite a death blow, but it’s a crippling one. Because public sector unions now account for the majority of US union members, and these fees pay for unions’ day-to-day functions, denying them this revenue source starves them and hastens their demise, which was precisely what the conservative foundations backing the case always intended.
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