Labor unions are collecting dues from public employees without their "Affirmative consent" in defiance of a Supreme Court ruling that state laws requiring nonunion government workers to make such payments are unconstitutional, a new lawsuit alleges.
The Freedom Foundation, a free market think tank based in Washington state, joined with the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation to sue on behalf of 10 government employees in Oregon who argue that union dues or fees should not be deducted from their paychecks after they officially resigned from their union.
In Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that "Agency shop" laws requiring nonunion government workers to pay union fees violate the First Amendment rights of workers who object to the political agenda of public employee unions.
The Supreme Court ruling overturned its 1977 decision that said public-sector employees may be required to pay "Fair share" fees, also known as agency fees, if they decline to join a union.
The Oregon employees are asking a district court to impose an injunction preventing state government officials from deducting union dues or fees from the paychecks of government workers who resigned from the union after the high court's Janus ruling.
Although the Oregon unions accepted the employees' resignation letters, the unions did not honor the employees' request to revoke their authorizations for collection of dues or fees made prior to the Janus ruling, according to the suit.
The unions should not be permitted to use membership cards signed prior to the Janus ruling to keep employees locked into paying dues or fees against their will, the lawsuit says.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/12/04/unions-defy-supreme-court-on-mandatory-dues-suit-says/
The Freedom Foundation, a free market think tank based in Washington state, joined with the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation to sue on behalf of 10 government employees in Oregon who argue that union dues or fees should not be deducted from their paychecks after they officially resigned from their union.
In Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that "Agency shop" laws requiring nonunion government workers to pay union fees violate the First Amendment rights of workers who object to the political agenda of public employee unions.
The Supreme Court ruling overturned its 1977 decision that said public-sector employees may be required to pay "Fair share" fees, also known as agency fees, if they decline to join a union.
The Oregon employees are asking a district court to impose an injunction preventing state government officials from deducting union dues or fees from the paychecks of government workers who resigned from the union after the high court's Janus ruling.
Although the Oregon unions accepted the employees' resignation letters, the unions did not honor the employees' request to revoke their authorizations for collection of dues or fees made prior to the Janus ruling, according to the suit.
The unions should not be permitted to use membership cards signed prior to the Janus ruling to keep employees locked into paying dues or fees against their will, the lawsuit says.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/12/04/unions-defy-supreme-court-on-mandatory-dues-suit-says/
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