Within days the U.S. Supreme Court is going to issue its ruling on the case Janus vs AFSCME. This case, if the ruling goes as expected, is going to overturn current law that requires public employees to pay union dues.
Here in California, however, the real story is how laughable is the notion that this ruling will make any difference. Because in California, along with a handful of other large, urbanized, very blue states, public sector unions exercise nearly absolute political control. If a local government or school district passes a reform measure the union doesn’t like, the union controlled state legislature passes a law to reverse it. If a politician criticizes a union prerogative, that politician is targeted and destroyed in the next election. If a business interest challenges the union, they are targeted with retaliatory legislation and bureaucratic harassment. If the union is successfully challenged in court, the union appeals as many times as necessary to nullify the ruling. They have infinite patience, the deepest pockets, and implacable resolve.
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