A group of current and former Connecticut state troopers filed suit in 2015 against the Connecticut State Police Union and various state officials alleging that the Union violated their First and Fourteenth Amendment rights by deducting union fees from their pay even after they withdrew from union membership. While the lawsuit was pending, the Supreme…
Erik Gagne and Barry Wallett are liquor control agents for the State of Connecticut. Their union issues a quarterly newsletter to its members, and its 2018 spring and winter newsletters contained the following quote from Cynthia Dill, a State Senator: “Choosing to work where there is a union and getting the related benefits of higher…
Local 668 of the Service Employees International Union, Local 668 represents approximately 130 non-supervisory employees of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. The collective bargaining agreement between Local 668 and the County provides that members of the Local may resign from the Union during a period of 15 days prior to the expiration of the contract. When he…
Jared Allen, Christina Cole, Eric Hendrickson, and Jeremy Dunaway work for the State of Ohio. Each was given the option to join or not join the union representing State of Ohio employees, the Ohio Civil Service Employees Association (OCSEA), which is affiliated with AFSCME. All four opted to join OCSEA at some point during his/her…
Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 925 is the exclusive collective bargaining representative for Washington’s publicly subsidized childcare providers. After the Supreme Court’s decision in Janus v. AFSCME, 138 S. Ct. 2448 (2018), two members of Local 925, aided by the Right To Work Foundation, filed a lawsuit alleging that their First Amendment right to…
A variety of lawsuits have been filed across the country in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision in Janus v. AFSCME. Court decisions have now been issued in three cases. Need Unions Refund Fair Share Dues Collected Before Janus?A group of Washington employees sued AFSCME Council 28, arguing that they were entitled to a…
