Janus

Supreme Court rules against unions in Janus case, protest in Foley Square at 5 pm

By Marjorie Stamberg

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.