SCOTUS: Mandatory Union Dues Violate Workers’ First Amendment Rights

The Supreme ruled that mandatory union dues for people who work in the public sector violate workers' right to free speech, as it compels them to subsidize speech and political action that they may strongly oppose. Unions will be left to convince workers to join and pay dues voluntarily. Thomas Jefferson said, "To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical." [...]