Government Union Czars Lose in Federal Court
Mark Mix: President Trump was “right to issue E.O.14251,” which is a significant step in the right direction.
A federal judge has ordered California State Employees Association (CSEA) union officials to offer rebates to up to 28,000 state employees who are not union members. Imposing a “special assessment” in addition to mandatory dues, union officials seized an additional 25% of forced-union dues to wage their campaign against Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s modest reform measures on the 2005 ballot.
The ruling stems from a class-action civil rights complaint, filed by nine state government employees (union members and nonmembers) with free legal assistance from the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation.
Mark Mix: President Trump was “right to issue E.O.14251,” which is a significant step in the right direction.
Brief emphasizes President’s authority under both Constitution and federal law to reduce scope of union monopoly bargaining control
Business Item 60, vowing that the NEA would use the word “facism” whenever communicating about policies favored by the President and his many supporters, was just one of several highly controversial 2025 NEA resolutions.