IBEW Union Back Down After Chicago 911 Operator Filed Charges Challenging Dues Seizures
IBEW union officials falsely told Chicago 911 employee that the union had no power to stop dues deductions
IBEW union officials falsely told Chicago 911 employee that the union had no power to stop dues deductions
Charge: SEIU officials illegally threatened to have Kaiser Permanente Hospital worker fired if she didn’t sign union membership card and authorize dues deductions
Hundreds of thousands of American public sector workers felt the impact of the Foundation-won Janus decision almost immediately after the Supreme Court decided it in June 2018, and its legacy has only continued to grow.
Foundation Legal Director William Messenger, Fairness Center General Counsel Nathan McGrath, and CUNY Professors Mitchell Langbert and Avraham Goldstein standing in from of the courthouse
PRPB Employees successfully defend right under Janus v. AFSCME to refrain from supporting unwanted Union of Organized Civilian Employees
The landmark Janus SCOTUS case, argued by Foundation Legal Director William Messenger, profoundly strengthened public employees’ First Amendment rights. But it appears the impact of the case is just beginning.
Settlement includes requirement that GSU union inform 3,000+ MIT students of their right to refrain from paying for radical union political activities
Post-Janus, it’s clear that Big Labor’s extraordinary power over education has been due, above all, to its coercive legal privileges over educators. Reversing decades of educational decline will require further curtailment of those privileges.
Six City University of New York (CUNY) professors are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear their federal civil rights lawsuit charging Professional Staff Congress (PSC) union officials with forcing them to accept the union’s so-called “representation” in violation of their First Amendment rights.