Unions accused of forgeries to take member money

 Red States:

Last week, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments in three cases dealing with public employee labor unions accused of forging employee signatures on dues-authorization cards so they can take their money without permission and spend it on politics.

When combined with nearly a dozen other instances of union forgery filed just in courts under the purview of the 9th Circuit, not to mention a separate case currently pending before the 8th Circuit, the actions vividly illustrate just how far unions will go to advance their own political agenda with no regard for the employees whose interests they claim to represent.

It’s one thing to assert that a government worker who signs a membership and dues-authorization card has agreed to give his or her money to a union for a specified period of time.

While signing a card does not necessarily negate the question of whether that employee has given affirmative consent to have union dues deducted from their paychecks as required by the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2018 ruling in Janus v. AFSCME, at least the argument isn’t absurd on its face.

But it’s altogether different to claim employees should be no less restricted when both sides understand the union has forged the required signature on that card, which is precisely what characterizes the whole collection of cases unions must currently defend in three western states.

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The pattern of forgeries has become so predictable that SEIU is facing lawsuits under the Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act in both Washington state and Oregon.

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In most contexts, this conduct would be seen as theft.  It takes the arrogance of a union thug to defend such actions.