Response to “Janus”: Take Their Intellectual “Property”
NOVANEWS
Following the Supreme Court's decision in Janus v. AFSCME, union activists held an emergency protest in Foley Square in Manhattan, home of federal and state courthouses, on June 27, 2018.ERIK MCGREGOR / PACIFIC PRESS/LIGHTROCKET VIA GETTY IMAGES
BY: Dean Baker
Truthout
For the last four decades, the right has been actively working to rig the rules to undermine progressives both politically and economically. They aren’t just interested in winning an election; they want to destroy any basis for progressive change.
This is why they have been so intent on attacking unions. Unlike many centrist Democrats, the right realizes that the labor movement has been at the center of most progressive change in the last century. This is why Reagan made it a priority to weaken l...