by Bob Walsh
Civil service employment in the formerly great state of California is a closed shop. With very few exceptions you MUST be a union member to be employed. You can be what they call a "Fair Share" member if you want, which means you pay SLIGHTLY LESS than other folks but you have no vote in what goes on. The idea behind this is that even if you do not want to fund your unions non-union (political) activities you still need to pay for representation services. That has been true for roughly 40 years.
Enter the case of Janus VS AFSCME, an Illinois case that challenges Fair Share in the 22 states where it exists. Unions are anticipating that probably the vote is going to go 5-4 against Fair Share. Some of the state employee unions feel that their membership will drop as much as 30% when-if this happens. Not all though. The union that represents the California Highway Patrol does not charge Fair Share fees for non-members. Their membership is still 97%.
This one will be very interesting to watch as it shakes out.
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