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Supreme Court’s Tie Vote Upholds Public Employee Fees For Unions
The Supreme Court announced a tie vote today in what labor law experts had called a "life-or-death" case for public employee unions.
The split decision preserves a long-standing rule that requires about half of the nation's teachers, transit workers and other public employees to pay a "fair share fee" to support their union.
The tie vote will come as a relief to union officials who feared the conservative court was on the brink of striking down the pro-union laws that authorized these fees.
But the death of Justice Antonin Scalia left the court without a majority to rule on the issue.
It's also the strongest sign yet that the court's conservatives cannot muster a majority to rule in their favor. At the oral argument in December, it looked as though the mandatory union dues would be struck down.
http://www.nationalmemo.com/supreme-courts-tie-vote-upholds-public-employee-fees-for-unions/
The Supreme Court announced a tie vote today in what labor law experts had called a "life-or-death" case for public employee unions.
The split decision preserves a long-standing rule that requires about half of the nation's teachers, transit workers and other public employees to pay a "fair share fee" to support their union.
The tie vote will come as a relief to union officials who feared the conservative court was on the brink of striking down the pro-union laws that authorized these fees.
But the death of Justice Antonin Scalia left the court without a majority to rule on the issue.
It's also the strongest sign yet that the court's conservatives cannot muster a majority to rule in their favor. At the oral argument in December, it looked as though the mandatory union dues would be struck down.
http://www.nationalmemo.com/supreme-courts-tie-vote-upholds-public-employee-fees-for-unions/