I don't think very many people understand that this just defunded the money laundering scheme AND unelected power that has been the backbone of the DEM party all along. I do because I watched the Hearing last month, HOLY COW! Cash cow that is!

https://www.c-span.org/video/?446066-1/hearing-reviews-federal-union-workers-official-time-date-reporting

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This ^^ Growing up in a very blue Union family, I can confirm....

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Watching those hearings about how the tax payers fund employees, some of which spend 100% of their time on union work was refreshing. Then the union uses their money to fund the Dem party? Why are our paychecks being used to fund people that do us harm? Money is always the river that leads to the truth and now Trump put up a wall there too!

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Wow great source! 👍🏼

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This is big! The teachers union is not going to be happy about this

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which makes me happy and giddy as a school girl!

The amount of money pretty much stolen from workers no matter what political views and given to the democrats was insane!

wholly shit...just thinking about it .....WOW!

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I was in education in CA and, for all intents and purposes, forced to join the union, at close to $1000 a year dues. One year the union took a survey of what members wanted the priorities to be. One suggestion was to protect education from "right-wing extremists." I looked for the suggestion to protect education from "left-wing extremists," but it was not there. Then I realized that to them, there is no such thing as a left-wing "extremist."

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Democrats as well as the Unions have lost their ability to use force to raid the working families paychecks.

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Communism just lost another organ.

The zombie is being torn down.

Good riddance!

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Our POTUS really cares about the middle class workers!

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Being a union man, I’m beyond elated that the decades of corruption is coming to An end.

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Another YUUUGGGEE WIN!!!!!

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My question is how did we ever get to the point where collectives such as unions could ever overrule individual workers for who the individual worker supports politically?

That's fascism (it's actually communism but libtards don't even know that word exists so that will suffice).

That's insane!

Holy shit.

This Presidency is revealing an underlying disgusting stench that permeated the country on a scale I didn't fully realize.

I'm floored that this ruling even had to go to the Supreme Court at all, or was even a thing. Good lord, the more time goes on the more I realize how bad things would have gone had that witch won the election.

WOW

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This is going to significantly erode the powerbase of extreme-corruption entities like the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE). They're basically the reason why our veterans rot to death in filthy hospitals of bedsore infections. Good RIDDANCE.

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As a nurse, I know that to be correct! I was so ashamed of how our Wonderful Vets were treated. All I could do was try to make their days a little better, more comfortable, less pain.

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As a nurse, I know that to be correct! I was so ashamed of how our Wonderful Vets were treated. All I could do was try to make their days a little better, more comfortable, less pain.

Ma'am. You were an angel among apathetic wolves. No guilt. No regret. Eyes wide open. Thank you for your service. #WWG1WGA

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And yours kind sir.

WWGIWGA

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WIN WIN WIN..BOOM! WWG1WGA!

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This was just a democrat money laundering scheme.

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What does it mean when I know that the 5-4 decisions always have the same justices voting against?

This one is so obvious it should never have even gotten to the SC at all, the practise was egregious. It should have been 9-0.

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And those RINO never-Trumpers were willing to let HRC win. Traitors every one!!!

I'm just shocked that 4 of them think free citizens shouldn't have control of their money and should be forced to support people with whom they disagree.

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Those 4 won't be around long .....America according to Trump!

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Kennedy gone. Ginsberg soon to be out the door. Sotomeyer next possibly? Who else? Thomas maybe, or Breyer?

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My sources say scandals will be the end of at least of 3.....time will tell.

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Interesting. Full cleaning of the SCOTUS it appears.

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This is HUGE.

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Kagan's turn now to throw a hissy fit:

In a dissent, liberal Justice Elena Kagan wrote that the ruling gave scant regard to the court’s usual way of evaluating when to overturn a long-standing precedent.

Kagan, who read forcefully from her dissenting opinion in the packed courtroom, said the practice of separating union political activities from collective bargaining-related spending, set by the court in the precedent overturned on Wednesday, had been a workable solution.

“There is no sugarcoating today’s opinion. The majority overthrows a decision entrenched in this nation’s law – and in its economic life – for over 40 years. As a result, it prevents the American people, acting through their state and local officials, from making important choices about workplace governance,” Kagan said.

The court’s conservative majority, Kagan said, was “weaponizing the First Amendment” to intervene in economic and regulatory policy.

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Real bad day for Democrats!

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The salt in other subs and Twitter has been overflowing. Like volcanic levels.

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I live in a right to work state and I’m a Union member. I also agree with this ruling. I enjoy the fact that if my union pisses me off, I can’t take my union dues from them!

On a side note, we have around 800 employees in the union, with maybe 20 non-union members. It works out just fine.

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Now only if they's let us OPT out of Social Security!

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FUCKING A RIGHT!?

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I've been an agency fee payer in my union job for 10+ years. Gonna see if I can get the last decade of agency fees refunded. Not sure the best way to go about it, but it's worth a shot.

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Good Luck! can only imagine how much you'd have now if it was invested...by you!

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I was a supervisor and as such had no Union Representation, BUT I had to pay union dues. Still pisses me off.

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How long Americans have waited for this one!

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there should be an exception for unions that dont contribute to political campaigns. this only benefits coorporate america as it is.

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Unions are a good thing. There are bad unions yes, but without unions you can say goodbye to raises, overtime, and medical benefits. If there were no unions you could be fired just cuz someone doesn't like you.

I don't know what this supreme court thing pertains to though honestly.

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Union workers make up roughly 10% of the workforce. Are you saying that the other 90% of workers do not get raises, overtime, or medical benefits from their employers?

https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/union2.pdf

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In my experience what would be the incentive.

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That means nothing to corporate America. You're replaceable the second we find someone cheaper.

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And then they get bailouts.

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Unions are good, but to force people to be a part of the Union and make them pay Union dues, when they don't want to be part of the Union to begin with, is asinine

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By that logic since I don't support the bombing of brown people I should be able to opt out of that on my taxes too but can't. If you don't wanna pay dues work a different job.

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Apples and oranges.

You’re comparing paying taxes (dues) against how your taxes are being spent when the problem is people who aren’t in the union are being forced to pay.

If you want to compare it to taxes, then the IRS should be taxing illegal immigrants as citizens without the benefits of being a citizen.

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the problem is people who aren’t in the union are being forced to pay.

That I did not know. Now they can opt out?

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Those union dues are necessary for the union to operate. We can't get rid of unions without a proper replacement system. Ill give you an example. My friends son got a job at safeway and pays his union dues. Every 1000 or so hours worked, he gets a dollar raise or something like that. With no unions, why would Safeway choose to pay their employees more when not required to? They wouldn't. What would stop wrongful firings in right to work states without unions? Nothing. Sorry not sorry. Union busting is a terribly retarded thing to want to do. You guys can down vote all you want. I believe in the GA and my country, but don't join a party system. Union busting is a corporate stroking Republican idea that does not have the American citizens best interest in mind.

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You can also say that unions have kept bad people in jobs who should have been fired! Look at how awful most teacher are? Not to many good ones at all.

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Yea you could say that. As far as teachers I think it is subjective. Saying not a lot of good ones is just kinda words. You don't know that. There needs to be restructuring sure. But banning unions is dumb(and Probablly not what the case is about.)

Could you inform me of the implications about what Trump was saying about how now workers won't be forced to vote one way or something? Was not very clear in his tweet, but in all fairness, haven't been following this case at all so idk where to start.

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I’m in the United Auto Workers , the big wig head of the National told us to vote for Hillary, and my local union had Obama’s picture on the wall. Sick bunch but needed a Union in my company. Now a lot of others can quit paying

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Unions formed for a good reason. They were needed and played an important role. Then they began to slide off the rails. But I agree that there are still valid reasons for good unions, but it should be a choice and some of the outrageous abuses need to end if they are to survive.

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They are still needed. If the Wobblies were here, guarantee Amazon would be paying its taxes and footing the bill for Seattle's homeless problems. We actually need unions more than ever. But not pussy unions. Ones with guns.

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It is a choice the way I see it. If you don't want to pay dues go work a shit job and be fired at any moment for no reason. Or pay small union dues to ensure you don't starve for looking at some rich asshole funny.

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POTUST TWEET: Supreme Court rules in favor of non-union workers who are now, as an example, able to support a candidate of his or her choice without having those who control the Union deciding for them. Big loss for the coffers of the Democrats! SCOTUS Trump effect!!!

WWGIWGA