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Security Guard Wins Groundbreaking ‘Janus’ Religious Accommodation

Posted on September 9, 2024September 6, 2024 by Staff

À la Janus, religious objector to SEIU union affiliation Allied Universal Employee Thomas Ross is free from all forced payments

IBEW Union Bosses Back Down after Attempting to Trap Chicago 911 Operator in Forced Dues in Violation of First Amendment

Posted on July 5, 2024July 5, 2024 by Staff

Rhonda Younkins, a 911 operator employed by the City of Chicago, has just prevailed in her months long legal effort to exercise her right under the First Amendment to stop all union dues payments to IBEW Local 21 union officials.

Under Janus, Union Boss “Release Time” Violates AZ Constitution

Posted on June 17, 2024June 14, 2024 by Staff

Foundation staff attorneys now argue that applying Janus to the practice known as union “official time” or “release time” — where government union officials are paid tax money to conduct union business instead of government work — shows how the scheme violates multiple state constitutions.

Worker Advocate Testifies Before Congress on Need to Defend Employees Against Increasingly Coercive Union Tactics

Posted on June 4, 2024May 26, 2024 by Staff

Testimony: Biden Labor Board undermining rights of workers opposed to union affiliation, censoring speech critical of unions

Janus Supreme Court Decision Protects UC Graduate Students’ Right to Stop Dues Payments

Posted on May 28, 2024May 26, 2024 by Staff

UC graduate students also have a First Amendment right to cut off dues deductions to the UAW as per the Foundation-won Janus v. AFSCME Supreme Court decision

Puerto Rico Union Bosses Try to Dodge Consequences of Janus Lawsuit

Posted on May 14, 2024May 11, 2024 by Staff

Cruz argues in his suit that various provisions of the Puerto Rico Labor Relations Act, which UIA union bosses relied upon to take money from his paycheck, violate the First Amendment.

Right to Work Foundation Brief: 2018 Janus Decision Means Union “Release Time” Violates AZ Constitution’s Gift Clause

Posted on December 21, 2023December 18, 2023 by Staff

Brief supports challenge pending at Arizona Supreme Court against Phoenix’s scheme to subsidize inherently political AFSCME union activities with tax dollars

After Janus, Foundation Continues Fight to Expand Freedom for Public Employees

Posted on November 24, 2023November 22, 2023 by Staff

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…

Worker Who Criticized Union Official Defeats Attempt to Slap Him with Restraining Order

Posted on November 1, 2023November 1, 2023 by Staff

Puerto Rican Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (PRASA) worker also challenged unconstitutional Puerto Rico laws mandating UIA union membership and dues payment

Right to Work Expansion Hitting Union Coffers

Posted on October 23, 2023October 11, 2023 by Staff

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 […]