George Will on Illinois un-Constitutional forced unionism: Illinois’s scheme is a trifecta of constitutional violations. It violates the right of free association of those who are coerced into a fees-paying relationship with unions — a right that, the Supreme Court has held, “plainly presupposes a freedom not to associate.” Not to associate, for example, with groups whose expressive activities are offensive to those who are coerced into joining the groups. Second, those coerced into unions are compelled to subsidize with their dues union speech with which they may strenuously disagree. Third, after being transformed by government fiat into government employees, they are denied the First Amendment right to petition the government for redress of grievances in their own voices, having been forced to allow a union to petition for them. washingtonpost/opinions/george-will-illinois-home-care-workers-should-not-be-forced-into-unions/2014/01/17/c58bf068-7ed3-11e3-93c1-0e888170b723_story.html
Posted on: Sun, 19 Jan 2014 14:01:04 +0000
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