Tag: First Amendment

Southwest Ohio School Employee Hits OAPSE Union with Charges for Illegally Seizing Union Dues
OAPSE/AFSCME union officials misled Southwest Public Schools employee Richard Koch and ignored revocation request in attempt to deduct dues for entire school year over employee’s clear objection

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.

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.

CA Charter School Receives Well-Deserved Refund from Union Bosses
A California union has backed down after facing a potential legal action threatened by the NRTWLDF on behalf of a former California charter school teacher.