Posts Tagged ‘National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation’
Chicago 911 Operator Successfully Defends Janus Rights Against IBEW Forced Dues
Rhonda Younkins, a City of Chicago 911 operator, described the so-called “representation” she and her colleagues were getting from IBEW 21 union bosses.
Read MoreCUNY Professors Launch Landmark SCOTUS Bid to End Forced Union Association
Foundation Legal Director William Messenger, Fairness Center General Counsel Nathan McGrath, and CUNY Professors Mitchell Langbert and Avraham Goldstein seek to establish new protections against forced union association.
Read MorePuerto Rico Police Bureau Employees Win at District Court; Beat Union Scheme That Swiped Health Benefit from Dissenting Employees
PRPB employees successfully defend right under Janus v. AFSCME to refrain from supporting unwanted Union of Organized Civilian Employees.
Read MoreSecurity Guard Wins Groundbreaking ‘Janus’ Religious Accommodation
À la Janus, religious objector to SEIU union affiliation Allied Universal Employee Thomas Ross is free from all forced payments
Read MoreIBEW Union Bosses Back Down after Attempting to Trap Chicago 911 Operator in Forced Dues in Violation of First Amendment
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.
Read MoreUnder Janus, Union Boss “Release Time” Violates AZ Constitution
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.
Read MoreWorker Advocate Testifies Before Congress on Need to Defend Employees Against Increasingly Coercive Union Tactics
Testimony: Biden Labor Board undermining rights of workers opposed to union affiliation, censoring speech critical of unions
Read MoreJanus Supreme Court Decision Protects UC Graduate Students’ Right to Stop Dues Payments
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
Read MorePuerto Rico Union Bosses Try to Dodge Consequences of Janus Lawsuit
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.
Read MoreRight to Work Foundation Brief: 2018 Janus Decision Means Union “Release Time” Violates AZ Constitution’s Gift Clause
Brief supports challenge pending at Arizona Supreme Court against Phoenix’s scheme to subsidize inherently political AFSCME union activities with tax dollars
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