Archive for June 2018

U.S. Supreme Court rules 5-4 that non-union government workers cannot be forced to pay union fees WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 27, 2018) – In a major victory for First Amendment rights, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today in Janus v. AFSCME that non-union government workers cannot be required to pay union fees as a condition of working…

With a decision in the Janus case expected any day now, a New Jersey  teacher is fed up with being forced to pay dues to an unresponsive union and is not taking any chances.  Bill Gallo, Jr.  has the story on nj.com. A South Jersey teacher who doesn’t want anything to do with the state’s largest teachers’ union has…

Public employees across the nation are instituting class action lawsuits against union officials in the wake of an expected Janus decision.  The lawsuits will demand refunds for forced dues and fees already paid.  Bill Mc Morris has the story in the Free Beacon. Patrick Semmens, a spokesman at the National Right to Work Foundation, which represented the Janus plaintiffs before the Supreme…

Greg Bishop has the story on watchdog.org Millions of workers across the country could have the right to work for their government without having to pay fees to a union with a U.S. Supreme Court ruling this week in the case Janus vs. AFSCME. While no decision was rendered Monday, but the court will add at…

An independent study by Public Opinion Strategies shows even a majority of union households agree no one should be forced to pay dues to an unwanted union. Kate Stringer has the story in the74million.org. Nearly two-thirds of Americans — even a majority of those in labor households — believe workers should be able to choose whether or not they…

President Trump is considering combining the U.S. Education Department and U.S. Labor Department.  However, shuffling desks will not end Big Labor’s control over both Labor and Education departments.  From Education Week: The Trump administration is considering a merger of the U.S. Department of Education and the Department of Labor, according to multiple sources with knowledge of…

It’s time to call a halt to teacher union power over the education process and eliminate the root of compulsory unionism:  monopoly bargaining.  A bigger mess brought on by monopoly bargaining has never been seen. Things are likely to get worse if teacher unions lose their ability to force teachers to pay dues. Their forced-dues money chests will…

California union officials are doing something with all those forced dues they collect public sector (including teachers), with all this anti-Janus legislation. Edward Ring, of The California Policy Center has comprised a list of anti-Janus legislation. Janus v. AFSCME Local 31 is a case brought by the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation on behalf of Mark Janus,…