Today, March 29, 2016, The U.S. Supreme Court delivered a decision in the Friedrichs case, recognizing that stripping public employees of their voices in the workplace is not what our country needs.
The 4-4 decision essentially upholds the 1977 Abood v. Detroit Board of Education. The OWLS Petition, Reject Friedrichs, Honor Unions, had more than 1,000 signers calling on the court to uphold the union shop, and helped initiate an important conversation within the labor movement of how to fight the growing threat of “Right to Work” — or better called No Rights At Work.
Thank you to all the activists who signed the OWLS petition. Let’s celebrate this victory as the discussion begins on how to push back.