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Originally Posted by crazy_eoj
The UCP policy of allowing individuals to be able opt-out of union dues for political uses will likely make a huge impact in reigning in these attack ads and forcing some accountability on the number one advertisers in recent elections.
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Not sure what you’re basing that bold prediction on. After the US Supreme Court ruled against public sector Unions in the Janus case(which basically made all public sector jobs right to work) there was barely any decline in Union membership and a number of jurisdictions saw increased membership numbers.
For those of you unfamiliar with the Janus Supreme Court case here’s the basic rundown: Mark Janus was a longtime public sector worker who after years of paying his dues suddenly decided to be the main plaintiff in a fight to not have to pay union dues, the case was initiated by Illinois state governor/billionaire Bruce Rauner. Janus claimed he loved his job but didn’t feel he should have to pay dues, even though his union would still be legally required to represent him in the event he wanted them to. His case and legal team were funded by the Illinois Policy Institute, an anti-union conservative group with about $7M in annual revenue to work with each year. After the 5-4 ruling in favour of Janus (made a by a court who the majority of its judges were appointed by republicans) he almost immediately quit his job that he “loved” and was given a position with...the Illinois Policy Institute.
Crazy_eoj if you don’t like Unions(who have and will always have less money to spend than large corporations) making political contributions because it counters the contributions from corporations(who have and will always have much more money than Unions to spend) why don’t you just advocate to abolish all political contributions so that candidates can run on their character and platform instead of on who has the most money behind them? I hope this isn’t simply an issue of you only wanting the interests of certain groups being lobbied, as that seems like it would be a fairly hypocritical position.