The state House late Friday approved a bill that would bar counties in New Mexico from enforcing local “right-to-work” ordinances. The proposal would stipulate that only the state government could establish a law barring labor unions from collecting fees from nonunion members in unionized workplaces.
February 12 — Citing a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision from last summer, a Palatine Township Elementary District 15 diesel mechanic is suing his former union and the district for a refund of dues he says he paid unwillingly.
Erich Mandel, a Palatine resident, contends in the federal lawsuit that he had no choice but to join Service Employees International Union Local 73 when he started his District 15 transportation department job on July 31, 2013. Mandel’s suit states he joined because he’d be required to pay union fees even as a nonmember.
In August, Mandel resigned from Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 73 and told his employer to stop withholding union dues. Local 73, which represents more than 29,000 employees in Illinois and Indiana, pointed to the union card Mandel signed before the Janus decision, and dues continued to be deducted from his paycheck.
“The union said that he had to wait until July 2019 and that union dues would continue to be withheld from his paycheck until then,” Schwab said. “The question is whether he can be compelled to do that.”
Patricia Grossman, an employee of the University of Hawaii at Hilo for over 30 years, filed a lawsuit against the University and the Hawaii Government Employees Association for violating her First Amendment rights to free speech and freedom of association. The University and HGEA refuse to allow her to resign union membership. Grossman is represented by attorneys from the Liberty Justice Center and the complaint is filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii.
A northwest suburban school employee is suing his labor union, saying he’s being blocked from opting out of membership despite a landmark Supreme Court ruling last year that barred public unions from requiring government employees to pay dues.
A September letter from the union said Mandel couldn’t cancel his membership until July, the next authorization date on his union card, according to court documents.
But Mandel’s attorney argues the union card is unenforceable in the wake of the Supreme Court decision.
Illinois school district employee Erich Mandel has filed a lawsuit against his government union, SEIU Local 73 and Community Consolidated School District 15 for violating his First Amendment rights to free speech and freedom of association. Mandel is represented by attorneys from the Liberty Justice Center and the complaint is filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division.
New Mexico state employee Brett Hendrickson has filed a lawsuit against his government union, AFSCME, and the state of New Mexico for violating his First Amendment rights to free speech and freedom of association. Hendrickson is represented by attorneys from the Liberty Justice Center and the complaint is filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico.
A conservative nonprofit group is suing the state of New Mexico on behalf of a government employee who wants out of his labor union.
The case, filed by the Liberty Justice Center, is in some ways a next step after the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruled against labor unions earlier this year in Janus v. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees.
In that case, the court said it’s unconstitutional to require public employees who are not union members to pay part of the union’s collective bargaining costs through fees deducted from their wages.
In this latest suit, the Chicago-based Liberty Justice Center argues that union members should be able to cancel their membership whenever they wish, contending it is unconstitutional to limit the period when employees can withdraw to particular periods of the year, as is the case in some union contracts.
Connecticut public sector workers who want to resign from their union may find themselves in Hotel California — you can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.
That’s because AFSCME Council 4 has begun to deny members their right to resign union membership if they have signed in union card within the past two years.
November 27, 2018 – A special education teacher in California alleges his constitutional rights have been violated because his union has refused to allow him to withdraw his membership on three separate occasions.
The Liberty Justice Center filed a complaint on behalf of Thomas Few Nov. 9 in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against United Teachers of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District and California Attorney General Xavier Becerra seeking declaratory relief.
StandWithWorkers.org is operated by the Liberty Justice Center. There is a lot of misinformation surrounding the Janus decision. StandWithWorkers.org serves as an educational resource to help government workers understand their options.
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