Posts tagged free speech and association

    Op-ed

    Opinion: Why I put my job in the Allentown Symphony on the line to not pay union dues

    May 20, 2022 // The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2018 that public-sector employees can’t be forced to pay a union as a condition of employment. I’m relying on that precedent, and representation from the Fairness Center, a nonprofit law firm, to defend my rights against those who would misuse their power and deny them.

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    I’m Stuck With an Anti-Semitic Labor Union

    January 21, 2022 // It denounces Israel and treats me as a second-class citizen for resigning.

    Anti-Semitic apartheid Avraham Goldstein City University of New York CUNY Fairness Center First amendment free speech and association Isreal Janus Janus v. AFSCME labor union membership National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation New York’s public employment statute Orthodox Jew political statement possible union support for the anti-Israel boycott resolution state-sanctioned monopoly the Taylor Law union officials—who speak for me under state law unions workplace representation