The Supreme Court this morning released its 5-4 decision against the unions
in the case of Janus v. AFSCME et al.
This essentially institutes "right-to-work" and "open shop" conditions
throughout the country. The intent by the right wing is to terminally
weaken the one remaining stronghold of organized labor, public employees.
The pro-capitalist union bureaucracy did nothing to stop it, as they are
totally beholden to bourgeois legality, and wedded to the Democratic Party.
Janus is a body blow against class-collaborationist trade-unionism, but it
does not prevent class struggle -- if anything, the opposite, as shown by
the recent teachers strikes, almost all in states with "right-to-work" laws
and many with laws banning strikes by public employees. We call to *bust
the union-busters with sharp class struggle*. *Labor's gotta play hardball
to win!*
On its website the Professional Staff Congress has activated its call for a
protest at Foley Square in downtown Manhattan at 5 p.m. today.
