Supreme Court case on unions

Too many people in our communities aren’t able to sustain their families and make ends meet. Corporate elites and politicians who do their bidding have been rigging rules for decades to line their pockets at our expense. America is richer than ever, but everyday working people aren’t getting our fair share.

Fifty years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. joined striking sanitation workers in Tennessee, as they fought for the freedom to join together in a strong union.

Now powerful billionaires, corporate lobbyists and special interest groups have brought a case, Janus v. AFSCME Council 31, to the Supreme Court, launching a political attack against working people. They want to take health care away from millions, gut funding for neighborhood schools, limit our voting rights, slash the public services, roll back economic protections, and gut civil and labor rights laws aiming to make things worse for the 99 percent. The case was heard on February 26. I hope that the court won’t allow special interests to undermine our freedom to join together in strong unions because we need the power to un-rig rules and make our economy fair for working families.

Angela Schweig

Spokane