Why Janus vs. AFSCME is a Threat to all Working People
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27 Feb Why Janus vs. AFSCME is a Threat to all Working People

Posted at 15:45h in Collective Bargaining, Corporate Greed, Labor News, Political Action by

An impending U.S. Supreme Court decision threatens the right of public employees to union representation and collective bargaining, and it is a decision that will “hit every public-sector worker across this country,” says Corey Upchurch, a school bus driver for special needs children in Washington D.C.

“Just imagine if money is taken off your table, or you’re not able to send your child to college or you not able to retire because you don’t have a pension,” says Upchurch, a father of three children, ages 16, seven and five. “That’s what this case is trying to do.”

Upchurch was amongst thousands of U.S. public employees and their allies who rallied outside the Supreme Court yesterday to demand the High Court respect fundamental worker rights. The Court’s decision will directly affect nearly 18 million public sector workers, disproportionately impacting African-American women – who make up 17.7 percent of public employees. African-American women are paid only 65 cents of the dollar that their white male counterparts are paid – and unions help reduce this pay gap.

Watch this video of AFSCME President Lee Sanders as he explains Janus and then sign this petition to help stop this political attempt by corporate interests to take away the freedom of working people to join together in strong unions.

“When unions are strong, there is greater freedom and opportunity for everyone, not just the powerful few. But for the people behind the Janus case, freedom is a zero-sum game. Their notion of freedom puts corporate profits ahead of the common good. And the right-to-work policies they want to impose, whose roots lie in the racism of the Jim Crow South, continue to drive down wages and pit working people against each other.

We cannot let them divide us. Public service workers are proud to make our communities stronger, proud to fight for freedom and opportunity for everyone. When we stand together, nothing can stop us.”

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