Posts tagged First Liberty Institute
Op-ed: Union helps employer persecute its own members, then finds out
July 24, 2026 // As the court observed, a jury could view the union representatives’ actions “as additional evidence that [Association of Flight Attendants] personnel harbored general disagreement with [the] religious beliefs, which may have affected their representation in the disciplinary process.” When employees enter a unionized workplace, they do not forfeit their protections under Title VII simply because their religious beliefs are unpopular with union leadership. And they certainly should not be forced to fund a union that turns around and helps management punish them for their faith.
UPDATED: Supreme Court rules in favor of Christian postal worker in unanimous religious freedom decision
July 3, 2023 // The U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous ruling Thursday in favor of a Christian postal worker who says he was targeted and disciplined by his employer for refusing to work on Sundays because of his religious beliefs. In its ruling in Groff v. DeJoy, written by Justice Samuel Alito, the court said federal law requires an employer that denies an employee a religious accommodation must show that the burden of the accommodation would result in substantial increased costs. The court rejected the “de minimis” interpretation of the “Hardison Standard,” which has been used to deny employees’ religious accommodation requests if they present more than a “trivial cost” to the employer.