Alaska Attorney General Kevin G. Clarkson issued a formal opinion on August 27 saying the Supreme Court’s Janus v. AFSCME ruling dictates the state must confirm employees have chosen to join a public-sector union through clear and compelling evidence before deducting union dues from paychecks. He went on to say ...
Three years after SEIU 1199 ignored requests by Connecticut prison nurse Cheryl Spano Lonis to have her dues donated to charity, the union will have to return $2,500 in dues taken from her paycheck. Lonis’ story was first brought to public attention in a Yankee Institute article, which documented her ...
State employee unions gained 2,952 members between April and December of 2018, according to figures from the State Comptroller’s Office, but half of those gains came from just two bargaining units: Corrections Officers and the Judicial Professional Employees Union. Those two unions accounted for a shift of 1,460 state employees ...
In the six months since the controversial Supreme Court decision in Janus v. AFSCME, state employee unions gained 2,952 members but lost income from 11 percent of state employees, according to a comparison of union membership numbers between April and December of 2018. The increase in union membership did not ...
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.
Cheryl tried to opt out of her union based on her religious beliefs and donate her fees to charity. They wouldn't let her.