Author: Staff Report
Teacher Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against LA Teacher Union
UTLA Union Hit with Class Action Lawsuit from Los Angeles Teacher to Halt Unconstitutional Forced Dues Policy Union officials violate hundreds of teachers’ constitutional rights under the Supreme Court Janus decision through “window period” scheme Los Angeles, CA (January 23, 2019) – With free legal aid from National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation staff […]
Ohio AFSCME Backs Down from Janus Rights Lawsuit
National Right To Work Legal Defense Foundation Press Release: Ohio Union Bosses Back Down from Class Action Lawsuit Challenging “Window Period” Scheme Designed to Block Workers’ Janus Rights AFSCME union officials quickly settle: rather than litigate, will stop enforcing unconstitutional policy and refund to workers blocked from stopping forced dues Columbus, Ohio (January 24, 2019) […]
Janus Rights Victory
Minnesota Union Bosses Give Up “Window Period” Scheme Designed to Block Worker’s Janus Rights IBEW union officials quickly settle after Minnesota police department employee filed lawsuit to stop forced illegal union dues seizures Brainerd, MN (January 14, 2018) – A federal First Amendment lawsuit brought by National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation staff attorneys […]
McCutcheon v. CWA class action New Mexico Janus Rights lawsuit
from the Albuquerque Journal: A state employee has filed a class-action lawsuit alleging New Mexico and a labor union violated his constitutional rights by deducting union fees from his paycheck over his objection, even after a landmark Supreme Court decision. David McCutcheon, an information technology technician, is asking a federal court to strike down what he […]
Minnesota Parents Want Supreme Court to End Forced SEIU Exclusive Union Representation
Janus Rights clarification? From the Free Beacons’ Bill McMorris: A group of Minnesota parents caring for family members is asking the Supreme Court to help them break away from union representation. On Thursday, the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation petitioned the Supreme Court to review Bierman v. Dayton, a case challenging exclusive union representation. The […]
National Right To Work Files Lawsuit in New Jersey to Protect Teachers’ Janus Rights
from NJTV (NPR) New Jersey: “I am not anti-union. I am a team player. I’ve been a teacher for 30 years,” [ Sue Fischer] said. “You have to pay if you join and pay if you don’t join. That was so un-American to us.” In an unprecedented step, the Ocean Township middle school teacher and […]
Washington DC AFSCME Ignoring Janus
From the Washington Times: After the Supreme Court ruled in June that public-sector labor unions couldn’t force nonmembers to pay dues, Mark Smith quickly canceled his membership in American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees Local 2700. But AFSCME said he has to keep paying, at least until his contract ends at the end […]
Supreme Court Ruling Ignored By Employer Transporting Court Employees
As Supreme Court employees are shuttled to and fro on Metro, they may be unaware that DC Metro is ignoring a recent Opinion handed down this year in Janus v. AFSCME. After the National Right to Work argued and won Janus Rights for government employees, they have found it necessary to send a strong letter […]
Ohio Public Employees Challenge Automatic Dues Deductions
From the Columbus Dispatch (Ohio): Two lawsuits challenge automatic dues for public employee unions An individual and a group of public employees filed separate class-action lawsuits in federal court in Columbus challenging “fair share″ union fees deducted from their paychecks. In one suit, Nathaniel Ogle, who has worked for the Ohio Department of Taxation since […]
Attorney for Mark Janus called person who changed the world
What are Janus Rights? The “all-star” attorney who “changed the world” when he argued and won at the Supreme Court in Janus v. AFSCME answers and explains your related constitutional rights. The audio is taken from a Delaware radio interview with William Messenger, the National Right To Work Attorney who made Mark Janus’ oral arguments before the […]