Harris policy supports Union thugs

Mark Mix: 

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Most notably, the union-label Harris has repeatedly expressed support for the repeal of every state Right to Work law in the country.

These laws don’t stop anyone from joining or paying dues to a union if they voluntarily choose to — they simply prevent union bosses from forcing workers to pay dues as a condition of getting or keeping a job.

The vast majority of Americans back these common-sense protections on workers’ free choice.

Union members agree: A recent poll found 79% of union members support the principle that union membership and dues payment should be strictly voluntary.

Despite Right to Work’s popularity, Harris’ advocacy against voluntary union dues has been steadfast.

In 2016, as attorney general of California, Harris represented the state in briefs at the US Supreme Court in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, a case in which a California public schoolteacher challenged union bosses’ legal power to force teachers to pay dues as a violation of the First Amendment.

While the case wound up deadlocked 4-4, Harris’ briefs defended the union’s privileges and spoke volumes about her contempt for worker freedom.

Harris didn’t challenge the schoolteacher plaintiff’s understanding that union bosses’ negotiating demands, such as “layoff and recall based only on seniority,” served to benefit some educators at others’ expense.

In fact, in her merits brief, Harris explicitly conceded: “Unions do have substantial latitude to advance bargaining positions that . . . run counter to the economic interests of some employees.”

Yet, she argued, that shouldn’t stop the government from forcing those employees to pay for that harmful “representation.”

More recently, Harris has embraced labor policy plans that evince a true desire for union-boss domination over both workers and businesses far beyond the destruction of Right to Work.
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Harris's policies are so bad that it is surprising she is even competitive in this election, much less leading in some polls.  If her policy does not even have the support of a majority of union members why is she even pushing it? 

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