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by s73v3r_ 2955 days ago
"You keep hammering on this claim, except it's clear Janus doesn't believe that he's benefiting from it."

Again, if this is what he believed, then he would be suing to get out of the bargaining unit.

The entire suit is a scam to weaken the power of unions. If the union has to act on behalf of you, but you don't have to pay, then very, very few people are going to actually pay for the union, and it will die.

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> Again, if this is what he believed, then he would be suing to get out of the bargaining unit. The entire suit is a scam to weaken the power of unions. If the union has to act on behalf of you, but you don't have to pay....

The courts have already ruled that the unions can create contracts that exclude non-members from bargaining units (and therefore refuse representation to non-members) as long as they don't charge the non-members agency fees. If Janus wins the right not to pay an agency fee, that's what they'll do.

The only scam is in pretending that the unions are forced to represent people like Janus whether or not they receive fees. That's nonsense; it's their decision entirely to include non-members in the bargaining unit.