What the Union is saying is that they are entitled to people's money, and that people choosing not to be Union Members (and as such not paying dues) is a First Amendment violation. If I did not know better I would think this was an Onion story. By that logic the Union is violating my First Amendment rights by not giving me millions of dollars to buy television advertisements.
http://www.ibj.com/union-says-right-to-work-law-violates-free-speech/PARAMS/article/33718
"Indiana's new right-to-work law should be struck down because it infringes upon unions' free speech rights by depriving them of the dues that fund their political speech, attorneys for a union challenging the law contend, citing the U.S. Supreme Court's so-called Citizens United ruling that eased restrictions on corporate campaign spending.
Attorneys for the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 150 argue in a court brief that Indiana's new law, which allows workers to not pay union dues even if a union bargains on their behalf, interferes with the union's free speech rights and "impinges on this fundamental right of union membership.""
Saturday, April 21, 2012
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