Tag: escape period

At Ninth Circuit, Las Vegas Police Officer Defends First Amendment Right to Stop Funding Unwanted Union
Foundation staff attorneys just filed the final brief in a Las Vegas police officer’s federal lawsuit defending her First Amendment right to abstain from union dues deductions.

CEA Union Officials Back Down after Teacher Exercises Rights
CEA Union officials tried to limit educator’s First Amendment right to abstain from union financial support to arbitrary “escape period”

Workers Nationwide Urge Supreme Court to Take Cases Defending First Amendment Right to Refuse Union Support
Petitions from public servants challenge union boss-created “escape periods” that limit right to cut off dues deductions to just a few days each year

Foundation’s Petition to High Court in Chicago Educator Case Gains Support
The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation’s petition to High Court in a Chicago Educator case has gained support from 16 states.

Lawsuits Challenging Union Dues Schemes for Illinois, New Jersey Teachers Fully Briefed
Two lawsuits ask Court to eliminate ‘escape period’ schemes that restrict when workers can cut off union dues as violative of Court’s Janus precedent

SEIU Bosses Refund Dues Seized from Chicago Mental Health Counselor After He Resigned Union Membership
Under unconstitutional ‘escape period’ scheme, healthcare worker paid union dues for months despite resigning SEIU membership.

Chicago Educators Push for Supreme Court Review of Anti-Janus Schemes
Plaintiff and Chicago Public Schools teacher Ifeoma Nkemdi called CTU union militants’ retaliation against her “a dishonor to the profession of education.”

TX Airline Employee Urges High Court to Take Up Forced-Dues-for-Politics Challenge
Arthur Baisley, a United Airlines employee in Texas, filed a petition for writ of certiorari asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear his case against IAM union bosses.

NJ Teachers Stand Up Against “Escape Period” Scheme
With help from the NRTW Legal Defense Foundation, NJ teachers are taking NJEA to the Supreme Court to fight “escape period” scheme.

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