{"id":62153,"date":"2018-06-27T11:38:23","date_gmt":"2018-06-27T18:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.46.6.243\/?p=62153"},"modified":"2018-06-27T11:38:23","modified_gmt":"2018-06-27T18:38:23","slug":"attorney-general-becerra-on-u-s-supreme-court-decision-in-janus-v-afscme-involving-workers-and-their-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=62153","title":{"rendered":"Attorney General Becerra on U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Janus v. AFSCME, Involving Workers and Their Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sacramento, CA&#8230;California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today released a statement following the U.S. Supreme Court\u2019s decision in Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 31, a case involving public employees paying fees to support the cost of critical representation during collective bargaining. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Xavier_Becerra_official_portrait_as_attorney_general_of_California.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"330\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43749\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Xavier_Becerra_official_portrait_as_attorney_general_of_California.jpg 220w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Xavier_Becerra_official_portrait_as_attorney_general_of_California-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Xavier_Becerra_official_portrait_as_attorney_general_of_California-150x225.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are disappointed in today\u2019s ruling in Janus, a case about defending the interests of working people,\u201d said Attorney General Becerra. \u201cThe U.S. Supreme Court is threatening the ability of workers to engage in collective bargaining and of states to manage our workforce. Even in the face of this challenge, workers in California can count on our office to defend collective bargaining rights and to stand up for fair pay, workplace safety, pensions, paid sick days, health-care services and other important protections. We will not back down in the fight to protect working families and to ensure that the voices of California\u2019s workers are heard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Attorney General Becerra filed a friend-of-the-court brief in this case. In the brief, the Attorney General described the critical role public employees in California make to the economy and our communities. California\u2019s police officers, teachers and first responders deliver critical services to California\u2019s 40 million residents. The use of mandatory agency fees to support collective bargaining with public employers provides important benefits without improperly burdening individual interests.<\/p>\n<p>To view a copy of the brief visit: https:\/\/oag.ca.gov\/news\/press-releases\/attorney-general-becerra-files-amicus-brief-janus-v-afscme-stands-workers-and<\/p>\n<p>To read Attorney General Becerra\u2019s commentary to the San Diego Union Tribune regarding this case visit: http:\/\/www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/opinion\/commentary\/sd-oe-unions-california-janus-workers-20180222-story.html<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sacramento, CA&#8230;California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today released a statement following the U.S. Supreme Court\u2019s decision in Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 31, a case involving public employees paying fees to support the cost of critical representation during collective bargaining. \u201cWe are disappointed in today\u2019s ruling in Janus, a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43749,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,5,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-government","category-news","last_archivepost"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Xavier_Becerra_official_portrait_as_attorney_general_of_California.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=62153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62153\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/43749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}