What the SCOTUS ruling means for local unions

In a 5-4 ruling the Supreme Court decided that public sector workers don't have to pay a so-called "fair share fee" to the unions that represent them.

It's a fee that non-union members pay for the services they receive as employees of a unionized workforce, however according to Justice Samuel Alito fees "violates the First Amendment and cannot continue." This decision also overrules a new Washington state law that automatically enrolls public sector employees in a union. Now new employees will have to "opt-in" to the union.

Rich Wood the communication organizer for the Washington Education Association and Erin Shannon from the Center for Workers' Rights at the Washington Policy Center explains the implications of this ruling.