Posted on 11/09/2006 2:45:03 PM PST by Pirate21
A group of teachers receiving free legal aid from the National Right to Work Foundation today filed the opening brief in their U.S. Supreme Court appeal, which challenges a Washington State Supreme Court ruling giving union officials a constitutional “right” to use forced dues on political causes with which the teachers may disagree. In September, the nation’s highest court granted review of the ruling that had voided a campaign finance law intending to limit the misuse of mandatory union dues for certain political activities.
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No public employee should have the 'right' to organize in the first place. You don't like working conditions when you're serving the public? Get a job in private industry.
having a 'right' is up to the nearest activist judge. In Washington, they passed an initiative taking away the union dues from the bosses unless members actively consented. Within 10 years, the unions managed to turn the tables on the law and are now back to forcing employees to pay for re-electing Maria Cantwell and Nancy Pelosi unless they can get a judge to let them opt-out. Its like a parallel universe where everything is upside down.
Ya, and who'se getting scr#wed?
This is extremely important for the 2008 elections.
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