Tag: First Amendment rights
Biden FLRA Wants to Trap You Into a Union, Making it Nearly Impossible to Leave
The Biden-appointed FLRA wants to limit your ability to leave a union to just one day a year.
Foundation Slams Biden FLRA Move to Restrict Federal Employees’ Right to Stop Union Dues
Foundation comments expose flimsy statutory foundations of FLRA’s proposed rule, and reveal how it violates federal workers’ First Amendment Janus rights
California Lifeguards Ask Supreme Court to Blow Whistle on CSLEA Dues-Trap Scheme
CSLEA union bosses’ ‘maintenance of membership’ scheme drowns California lifeguards’ Janus rights for four years
LVMPD Police Officer Urges Supreme Court to Hear Case Battling PPA Union’s Unconstitutional Dues Scheme
LVMPD officer argues PPA union officials seized her money in violation of First Amendment through restrictive arrangement to which she never consented
Union Bosses Caught Red-Handed Illegally Taking Dues from Camino Nuevo Charter Academy Teacher
California union officials backed off anti-Janus dues deductions from Camino Nuevo Charter Academy educators after Foundation took action.
Puerto Rico Police Bureau Employees Hit Union and Bureau with Federal Lawsuit for Illegally Denying Healthcare Benefits
Union officials had Puerto Rico Police Bureau rescind benefit after employees exercised their First Amendment right to abstain from formal union membership & dues Eight civilian employees of the Puerto Rico Police Bureau (PRPB) are suing the Union of Organized Civilian Employees and their employer for illegally retaliating against them for the exercise of their […]
Jonathan Savas and Other Orange County Lifeguards Push for Rehearing of First Amendment Challenge to CSLEA Union Scheme
Restrictions on Jonathan Savas and other Orange County Lifeguards will trap them in CSLEA union membership and dues…
South Jersey Bus Drivers Hit IFPTE Union with Federal Lawsuit Challenging Unconstitutional Dues Seizures from Wages
Drivers tried to end IFPTE dues deductions from paychecks in January 2022 in accordance with documents they signed, but union kept taking money – leading to lawsuit
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”