first amendment rights Archives

November 25

LVMPD Police Officer Urges Supreme Court to Hear Case Battling PPA Union’s Unconstitutional Dues Scheme

LVMPD officer argues PPA union officials seized her money in violation of First Amendment through restrictive arrangement to which she never consented

November 1

South Jersey Bus Drivers Win Back Illegally-Seized Dues Money in First Amendment Lawsuit Against IFPTE Union Officials

IFPTE union bosses continued deducting dues from drivers in violation of Supreme Court's Janus v. AFSCME precedent

August 16

Union Bosses Caught Red-Handed Illegally Taking Dues from Camino Nuevo Charter Academy Teacher

California union officials backed off anti-Janus dues deductions from Camino Nuevo Charter Academy educators after Foundation took action

June 6

Puerto Rico Police Bureau Employees Hit Union and Bureau with Federal Lawsuit for Illegally Denying Healthcare Benefits

Union of Organized Civilian Employees officials had police bureau rescind benefit after employees exercised their First Amendment right to abstain from formal union membership & dues

June 1

District Court Orders Connecticut State Police to Turn Over Evidence in Former Sergeant Mercer's Retaliation Suit Against CSPU

Veteran officer Mercer was transferred out of a prestigious position for [...] choosing not to be a CSPU union member.

May 24

CUNY Professors Take Aim at Forced Union ‘Representation’

CUNY professors' lawsuit argues NY law forces them under power of anti-Semitic union.

May 19

Jonathan Savas and Other Orange County Lifeguards Push for Rehearing of First Amendment Challenge to CSLEA Union Scheme

Restrictions on Jonathan Savas and other Orange County Lifeguards will trap them in CSLEA union membership and dues...

May 4

South Jersey Bus Drivers Hit IFPTE Union with Federal Lawsuit Challenging Unconstitutional Dues Seizures from Wages

Drivers tried to end IFPTE dues deductions from paychecks in January 2022 in accordance with documents they signed, but union kept taking money - leading to lawsuit

April 27

At Ninth Circuit, Las Vegas Police Officer Defends First Amendment Right to Stop Funding Unwanted Union

Foundation staff attorneys just filed the final brief in a Las Vegas police officer’s federal lawsuit defending her First Amendment right to abstain from union dues deductions.