The Trump administration could bolster an Illinois state workers' lawsuit to end coercive unionism, according to legal experts.
The Solicitor General's office filed a brief supporting Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), a lawsuit challenging coercive unionism for government workers. The suit argues that the Supreme Court's 1977 Abood decision violates the speech and association rights of workers by allowing government agencies to mandate union dues or fees as a condition of employment. The amicus brief from the Justice Department bolsters that argument.
"Abood thus ultimately endorsed precisely what it simultaneously prohibited: compelled subsidization of union speech for political or ideological causes," the brief says.
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Great decision. No employee should be forced to join a union or be forced to pay union dues. Someone with guts in MD State government needs to explore why SLEOLA is permitted to take a service fee from MD State Troopers who do not desire to be members of their organization. Totally wrong. Andy Harris, are you reading this?
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