ANTHONY DELMUNDO/NEW YORK DAILY NEWSMayor de Blasio is supporting labor unions in a case going to the Supreme Court.
Mayor de Blasio is lending the city’s legal support to labor unions in a key case heading for the U.S. Supreme Court.
The city filed an amicus brief with the high court backing public workers unions’ ability to collect mandatory fees, even from workers who don’t want to join the union, officials said Sunday.
The case, Friedrichs vs. California Teachers Association, was brought by a group of California teachers who object to being forced to pay union fees, saying it violates their First Amendment rights. Union supporters counter it’s fair because even workers who opt out of the union benefit from its collective bargaining.
“New York stands with its unions and the working- and middle-class families that unions protect,” de Blasio said. “Unions have been key in the fight against inequality, and their role remains vital today when workers’ rights are increasingly under attack.”
State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and a group of attorneys general from at least 21 other states also filed a brief supporting the unions.
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