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Lawmakers in Blue States Try to Protect Organized Labor

Posted On: Aug 03, 2018

August 3, 2018 | U.S. LABOR UNIONS | Public-sector unions will be watching to see how many members — and how much money — they’ll lose in the wake of a June U.S. Supreme Court decision that took away their power to charge non-members fees. But even before the high court ruled, eight of the 22 states that allowed unions to charge such fees took steps to cushion the blow — often citing the broader battle between liberals and conservatives over organized labor and “right to work” laws. “This is the tip of the iceberg. We are in the middle of a big, big fight nationwide. And it is just starting,” Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York told a cheering crowd of union members…” Huffington Post