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June 30th, 2014 
David Schulberg the 3rd Big unions could take big SCOTUS hit
By Stephanie Simon, Politico
Public-sector unions are bracing for a Supreme Court decision Monday that could deal a major blow to their wealth and political clout.
Union leaders fear that conservative justices will use the case, Harris v. Quinn, to strike down laws in 26 states requiring teachers, police officers, firefighters and other public-sector employees to pay dues to the unions that negotiate contracts on their behalf, even if the workers don’t want to become union members.
A sweeping decision could decimate union membership and finances — and would come at a time when unions already are besieged and struggling to keep up their numbers. Just 11 percent of wage and salaried workers were union members in 2013, down from 20 percent in 1983, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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