Northwest Ohio Employees File Suit to Knock Down Another Janus Restriction
AFSCME has a reputation in Ohio for refusing Janus rights to employees, and the Foundation and employees aren't letting it slide.
The embattled government workers’ union, AFSCME, elected its Secretary-Treasurer, Lee Saunders, as its next union boss after a bitter election that focused in part on whether the union should play aggressively in presidential politics.
BuzzFeed reports that Saunder’s rival, Danny Donohue of New York’s CSEA, had suggested refocusing the union’s resources away from federal elections. Saunders, by contrast, is an avid Obama supporter who is “even more firm” about backing the president than the retiring incumbent, Gerald McEntee.
In order words, the AFSCME intends to spend even more of its forced-union dues coffers to elect President Obama.
AFSCME has a reputation in Ohio for refusing Janus rights to employees, and the Foundation and employees aren't letting it slide.
JFS Employees exercised constitutional right to stop funding AFSCME union activities, but union-imposed restriction blocked exercise of right for over 90 percent of year
The most recent data shows that employment in Right to Work states is now 1.36 million higher than in February 2020.