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I am, in general, pro-union. But this is supposed to be a free country. EVERY worker should be able to decide for himself whether or not he wants to join a union.

My problem with being forced to pay dues to any union is two fold: 1) once the majority of the workers vote for a union, if you stay with the company, you are tied to whatever they negotiate. What if you want better wages instead of 27 paid holidays? What if you want better dental/vision insurance and will take less pay for it? - If the union which now MUST be the lone negotiating point with the company/public sector doesn't cover your concerns, you are just SOL! 2) Because you are NOT a union member, you don't even have any say in who is elected to negotiate or run the union! You really are completely SOL! It really was designed to still FORCE people to "want" to join the union!

Today's ruling is the ONLY correct decision on so many levels! I really do NOT understand where the other 4 justices are coming from, if they think it is okay to force me to pay for a union of which I don't want to be a member and for negotiating services over which I have NO CONTROL! The worst part of Abood was that it FORCED non-union members to become piggy banks for a union of which there were not a member - ONLY BECAUSE THEY HAD A JOB - effectively making it a closed shop, only by a different name.

This is truly a historic day, but until ALL States are Right to Work, unions will still be able to extort money from workers forced to join private sector unions.

The 4 Judges that voted against this decision are communist supporters.

https://nrtwc.org/facts/right-work-mean/

Taft Hartley used to require union leaders to swear that the were not supporters of the communist party.

This provision was overturned in 1965.