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Old 06-18-2007, 08:51 AM
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Bronco, Jake: Jsh1120 has explained it pretty clearly something like three times now. What about his posts are you failing to understand?

The unions lost the right to be the sole decider on whether dues used for political activity are "opt-in" or "opt-out." Unlike Jsh, I think "opt-in" is appropriate. But all the court did is say that the matter was something for states, not unions, to decide.

Unions can still collect dues-equivalents from nonmembers -- a variation of "closed shop" rules. Unions can still use member funds for anything they want, subject to the votes of those members.

It is, frankly, a fairly uncontroversial ruling. Which would explain why it was unanimous.
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