Posts Tagged ‘Janus v. AFSCME’
Chicago Educators Appeal Class-action Suit Challenging CTU Union Unconstitutional Dues Seizures
Two Chicago Public Schools (CPS) educators are appealing class-action civil rights lawsuit charging the CTU with illegal dues seizures.
Read MorePublic Employees File Brief On Case Challenging Union Limits on Stopping Union Dues
Brief argues union boss schemes limiting dues revocations to short periods violate the High Court’s landmark Janus v. AFSCME 2018 decision
Read MoreFoundation Battles Union Restrictions on First Amendment Rights at Ninth Circuit
seven California homecare providers have just appealed to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals their federal lawsuit against SEIU Local 2015 officials.
Read MoreMore Workers Ask Supreme Court to Refund Unconstitutional Forced Dues
Foundation staff attorneys are now assisting workers in more than a dozen cases seeking to force union officials to return illegal forced fees to tens of thousands of employees, with four such cases now pending at the U.S. Supreme Court.
Read MoreConnecticut State Employees File Lawsuit After Union Officials Refuse Refunds
CSEA officials forced nonmember employees to pay fees in violation of the Constitution as recognized in Janus v. AFSCME Supreme Court decision
Read MoreChicago Workers Demand Refund from Union Bosses After Unfair Fees
Workers from Ohio, Connecticut also primed to ask High Court to weigh in on issue
Read MoreUnion Bosses Block Amendment Rights in an Alaska Lawsuit
ASEA union bosses continue to block workers from exercising First Amendment right to cut off union dues payments spent on union politics and lobbying.
Read MoreDuring ACB Hearings, Whitehouse Spotlights National Right to Work SCOTUS Victories
USA Today claims that the moment went viral during : “Another moment that went viral during Tuesday’s confirmation hearing was Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., using his time to give a presentation…” (10/14/2020) During the recent Judge Amy Coney Barrett confirmation hearings, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (RI-D) marveled at the National Right To Work Legal Defense Foundation’s…
Read MoreFoundation Asks Supreme Court to Hear Janus Case Again, Seeking Return of Forced Fees
The following article is from the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation’s bi-monthly Foundation Action Newsletter, May/June 2020 edition. To view other editions or to sign up for a free subscription, click here. Case could set precedent for hundreds of millions of dollars in refunds to Big Labor’s victims. Mark Janus’ second Foundation-backed appeal…
Read MoreWall Street Journal: Texas AG Seeks to Enforce Government Employees’ First Amendment Rights Under Janus v AFSCME
The Editorial Board at The Wall Street Journal published a column on May 31, 2020, detailing efforts in Texas to enforce the landmark Janus v AFSCME U.S. Supreme Court decision argued and won by National Right to Work Foundation staff attorneys: The Attorney General of Texas, Ken Paxton, plans to release an advisory opinion soon that could help free…
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