Democrats have suffered massive losses to their neo-Marxist agenda. First off, Trump's Travel Ban temporarily barring travel from certain Muslim majority countries(as well as a couple non-Muslim rogue states) has been upheld. Second, Public Sector Unions will no longer be allowed to compel non-union public sector employees to pay union dues, which typically go to funding political campaigns for left-wing Democrats. Both of these ruling were made with a 5-4 vote.
The U.S. Supreme court ruling striking down automatic forced union dues is Janus v. AFSCME.
Above is the map of Right to Work vs. Forced unionism states. Isn't it coincidental that nearly all forced unionism states lean to solid Democrat or historically Democrat states? However, the fact is now that public sector union workers are freed from being forced to pay union dues if they are not part of the particular union allowed to forcibly collect union dues from non-members.
Major public sector unions have had virtual guaranteed monopolies as they have been allowed to collect union dues from all public workers regardless of membership status. Public sector unions have used forced dues to fund left-wing political causes, with states such as California, Illinois, & New York being poster examples.
Unions are supposed to be there for the benefit of the workers like they once were decades ago. Up until about 40-50 years ago, unions were to stand up for workers to fight back against mistreatment from employers. Conventional wisdom would dictate unions doing what's best for workers they represent but if workers are forced to join a union or required to pay dues regardless of membership, that defeats the original purpose unions were established for.
A perfect example includes the above chart on how much money was spent trying to promote Proposition 30 Tax Hikes. Public Sector Unions comprised a majority of the spending associated with tax hikes. That's the same amount spent by Gavin Newsom before California's June 5 primary. Antonio Villaraigosa also spent roughly just under the same amount Gavin Newsom spent but placed in a distant 3rd at 13.2%. John Cox was outspent 5 to 1 yet managed to place double digits in 2nd place over Villaraigosa. Unions have been major contributors to the California Democratic Party syndicate & unfortunately the California Democrats will not automatically surrender if they feel like they have a path to beat their opposition.
California has passed a law in anticipation of the Janus decision that will mitigate the "negative" effects of Janus ruling. Hopefully, more litigation will be filed against these corrupt, mafia like Unions & eventually lead to Unions being unable to escape being held fully accountable for funding bad politics. Employers & Right-to-Work advocacy groups will continue fighting the corrupt influence of big labor.
I know 4th of July has passed but the fact that Big Labor unions are no longer allowed to coercively deduct public employee pay(regardless of union membership) means a lot despite not ending in a total victory for opponents of monopolized labor. Unions will eventually be forced to compete for workers as the workers now have more leverage, crippling big labor's status as a 4th branch of government.
The days of public sector unions acting as a 4th branch of government, exerting power over the legislative & executive branches of state governments could come to an end if this pattern keeps going.
Like the communist regimes of Eastern Europe collapsing in the late 1980's(including the Fall of the Berlin Wall), Democrat controlled states will soon see red waves in states such as Washington, Oregon, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Nevada, Colorado, & even California.
