After 28 years as an account clerk for the city of New Haven, 28 years as a member in good standing at AFSCME Local 884, Dolores Robinson decided to stop paying dues. That’s now her right, after the so-called Janus decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in June. Public employees need not pay union dues to keep their jobs under the 5-4 ruling, and in most states — including Connecticut — they don’t lose privileges such as help with employer disputes. Robinson has been an officer of the union local over the years, even serving a term as vice president. But a free $530 a year was too much to pass up. “I had my mind made up,” she told me.
from Business https://www.ctpost.com/business/article/Dan-Haar-State-workers-loyal-to-unions-despite-13266461.php
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