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National Review runs feature story on Mark Janus

National Review features Mark Janus in their March issue. Meet Mark Janus, the man who ended compulsory union dues.

He asked the Supreme Court to acknowledge his First Amendment rights, and it did.

An average guy, provoked enough, can accomplish things that are above average.

Mark Janus is such a guy. Provoked by what he believed was a bald violation of his First Amendment rights, he took action to see them protected. And he prevailed. Big time, as an average guy might say.

LebTown: County faces lawsuit over alleged unauthorized deduction of union dues

Four Lebanon County employees have filed a federal complaint against the county and Teamsters Local 429 for unauthorized deductions of union dues from their paychecks.

A core issue of the lawsuit will be whether authorizations for the deduction of union dues provided before the June 2018 SCOTUS decision serve as freely given consent, given that there was no alternative save for non-employment at the time.

Lebanon Daily News: Lebanon County employees sue over forced union dues

The Lebanon County lawsuit says the four employees informed Teamsters in July and September that they wished to resign from the union and to stop the withholding of union fees from their paychecks. The union insisted they could not immediately resign, the complaint alleges.

An attorney for the four employees then asked Lebanon County in October to stop withholding dues, but the county did not, it continues.

Albuquerque Journal: House votes to ban local ‘right-to-work’ laws

SANTA FE – The state House late Friday approved a bill that would bar counties in New Mexico from enforcing local “right-to-work” ordinances.

‘Like it was a blood contract’: State worker suing SEIU 668 details long road to exit union

Since 2014, Shalea Oliver has seen thousands of dollars removed from her paycheck to fund an organization and political efforts that she does not support. When she tried to push back against those deductions, she faced indifference and a refusal to help from the very people who claimed to represent her.

Mark Janus to be honored at National Review Institute’s 2019 Ideas Summit

At the big Whittaker Chambers Award dinner Thursday night, The National Review Institute will be honoring Mark Janus for his diligent efforts to protect the First Amendment rights of government employees.

Pennsylvania Watchdog: Unions kept collecting dues after workers quit

Pennsylvania lawmakers were warned last fall that if the state didn’t amend its laws to comply with the terms of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark Janus v. AFSCME ruling, the result could be a host of legal complications. That warning is now ringing true.

Albuquerque Journal: Janus supports New Mexico workers’ right to work

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.

Daily Herald: Illinois school employee sues for refund of union dues

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.

North Cook News: Janus didn’t settle union dues question after all

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.”