High court sides with union in Maine case

[MaineDem]

Source: Portland Press Herald/AP

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court has unanimously upheld the right of a local public employees' union to force government workers who are not union members to pay a share of legal fees.

The ruling today in a case from Maine involves a small fraction of the fee that local affiliates pay to national unions for litigation that may not directly benefit the locals.

The Maine State Employees Union represents workers in contract negotiations with the state. The court has previously held that people who choose not to join the union still must pay fees to the union because they too are covered by collective bargaining.

Read more: http://news.mainetoday.com/updates/038638.html

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The whiners have lost. Damn activist judges! It's a great ruling.