Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20140706:12:40:00
University of new york. amy, what is the court saying here? this doesn't apply to all public employees. this only applies to a person group of them? what is the court saying and how is it drawing that distinction? >> in 1977 there was a case against the board of education, a case in which the supreme court said public sector employees can't be required to join a union. if they don't want to join the union they can still be required to pay what's called an agency fee, the cost associated with collective bargaining. that's been the law for almost 40 years. a couple years ago another labor case, ...