The legal arm of the National Right to Work Committee (NRWC) filed a couple of class action lawsuits in Ohio earlier this week. One of the cases seeks refunds of “fair share fees” taken by local affiliates of the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees Union (AFSCME), while the other seeks to strike…
Read More »Public employee unions around the country must now comply with SCOTUS’ Janus decision, prohibiting the collection of “fair share” fees from employees that choose not to belong to the union. In direct response, some of the larger public unions in the nation are losing big money causing the unions to rethink their priorities. A couple…
Read More »The recent decision by SCOTUS in the Janus case, where the court ruled that public employees could not be forced to pay fair share fees to public employee unions is already having an impact on private sector unions. In Idaho last week, the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) asked the US Court of Appeals…
Read More »Our democracy is predicated on the three branches of government being equal in power, but over the past week or so, the judiciary – and the US Supreme Court in particular – has sucked all the power out of the room! Most recently, the court’s decision in the Janus case (which we cover below) has…
Read More »On the very last day of its 2018 session, the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) rendered its decision in the matter of Janus v AFSCME as expected, ruling that government mandates for the payment of “fair share fees” by public employees who may not want to belong to the union violates the employee’s First Amendment guarantee…
Read More »Early on as the Janus case wound its way through the court system in Illinois, Governor Bruce Rauner was front and center to have the “fair share fee” funding mechanism struck down. In fact, Rauner announced in 2015 that he would pursue the issue along with plaintiff Mark Janus, but ultimately the governor was removed…
Read More »Oral arguments were presented earlier this week before the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) in the case of Janus v. AFSCME, considered one of the most significant challenges to organized labor in recent years. The issue goes to the heart of the political strength of public employee unions by challenging laws requiring payment…
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