The policy that Baisley is challenging requires employees who choose not to join the union to opt out of funding the union’s political and ideological activities during a brief annual “window period,” or else have money exacted from their wages for those purposes against their will.
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The National Right to Work Foundation, appalled at the demand, defended Russell Chacon – and won! Now, the union can’t force non-union members to pay up. They also make it clear to members that they won’t do this by posting it somewhere visibly.
A University of California Irvine lab assistant has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the university and the University Professional and Technical Employees (UPTE) union, a Communications Workers of America (CWA) affiliate. The case, filed with free legal aid from the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, challenges the university’s illegal seizure of … Continue reading California lab assistant sues union bosses for violating 1st Amendment rights
Workers at a Memphis branch of Geodis Logistics filed a brief with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) asking the Board to finally hold a union decertification election the workers have been requesting for over three years. The brief blasted a dissenting opinion by NLRB Chairman Lauren McFerran that argued the workers’ petition should be … Continue reading Workers trying to vote out union bosses blast NLRB chair for citing unpassed law to block election
When the American colonists complained that the British subjected them to taxation without representation, the British responded that the colonists’ interests were represented in Parliament. The colonists rejected that argument on the grounds that they didn’t consent to that representation. The principle of no taxation without representation doesn’t constrain government if government can impose unwanted … Continue reading No Representation without Consent – Not Even from Unions
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