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Right to Work Foundation Brief: 2018 Janus Decision Means Union “Release Time” Violates AZ Constitution’s Gift Clause
Brief supports challenge pending at Arizona Supreme Court against Phoenix’s scheme to subsidize inherently political AFSCME union activities with tax dollars
Read MoreAfter Janus, Foundation Continues Fight to Expand Freedom for Public Employees
Up until 2018, union bosses had the power to force millions of government workers to pay union dues or fees just to keep their jobs…
Read MoreWorker Who Criticized Union Official Defeats Attempt to Slap Him with Restraining Order
Puerto Rican Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (PRASA) worker also challenged unconstitutional Puerto Rico laws mandating UIA union membership and dues payment
Read MoreRight to Work Expansion Hitting Union Coffers
But Public Union Bosses Still Inflicting Massive Harm on U.S.A. Until just over five years ago, the overwhelming majority of America’s nearly seven million unionized state and local public employees still resided in jurisdictions where they had no Right to Work protections. But on June 27, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down what is…
Read MoreNotorious Police Union Boss Goes to Prison
Ed Mullins Admits to Stealing $600,000 From Big Apple’s Finest On August 4, Big Labor boss Ed Mullins, who from 2002 to 2021 reigned as chief of New York City’s powerful Sergeants Benevolent Association union (SBA), became the latest in a long line of union officials to be sentenced to prison for stealing dues money…
Read MoreFoundation Files SCOTUS Brief Defending Alaska’s Protections Against Forced Union Dues
The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in the case Alaska v. Alaska State Employees Association. The brief supports the State of Alaska’s attempt to safeguard public sector workers’ First Amendment right to refrain from paying dues to a union they disapprove of. This right was…
Read MoreFoundation Op-Ed: ‘Public Employees Never Waived Their 1st Amendment Rights’
The State of Alaska seeks protect the First Amendment rights of public employees under the Foundation-won 2018 Janus v. AFSCME decision…
Read MoreBig Labor’s $25 Billion Campaign Shadow Army
Political Spending by Union Bosses Far Exceeds Direct Donations Just 6% of America’s private-sector wage and salary employees belong to a union. Yet Big Labor is a, if not the, dominant force in American politics. By their own admission, union officials who file LM-2 disclosure forms with the U.S. Labor Department (DOL) spent more than…
Read MoreAlaska Supreme Court Trashes First Amendment
For four years, Gov. Michael Dunleavy (R) has fought to ensure Alaska state employees can exercise their First Amendment rights under Janus. His administration is now attempting to bring this battle to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Read MoreFoundation: Texas Taxpayers Shouldn’t Be Forced to Fund Union Activities
Brief says Janus explains why Texas Supreme Court must invalidate ‘official time’ scam
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