SCOTUS ENDORSES FAIR SHARE

By Bob Walsh

The Supreme Court of the United States today sort-of (by default) endorsed the Fair Share concept.

Fair Share is a fee extracted from non-union members by a union, typically a public employee union, for collective bargaining costs and representational costs for those non-union members, at least theoretically.

It was expected that SCOTUS would ashcan Fair Share, but the death of Justice Scalia resulted in a 4-4 tie vote. This means the lower court decision stands. That lower court decision was that Fair Share was acceptable constitutionally.

The action was brought by non-union members of a California teachers union who did not feel they should have to pay this Fair Share fee.