UC Irvine Labor Coalition Rallies Against Anti-Union Supreme Court Case
Updated: Aug 17, 2020
What do public sector unions in Orange County do when facing an existential threat at the Supreme Court of the United States? People held signs spelling out “solidarity” in answering the question during an urgent noontime rally yesterday at UC Irvine. A new six-member coalition of campus unions banded together to sound the alarm on Janus v. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), a case the court began hearing oral arguments on this week and is posed to deal a devastating blow to the collective bargaining power of public sector unions in 22 “fair share” fee states like California.
Read more on my latest OC Weekly Navel Gazing Blog post:
https://www.ocweekly.com/uc-irvine-union-coalition-rallies-janus-supreme-court-case/