Posts tagged Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

    Press Release ● Labor Unionization

    CEA Union Officials Back Down after Plainville Community School District Teacher Exercises Right to Cut Off Dues

    April 4, 2022 // Despite Connecticut Education Association (CEA) union officials trying to restrict the exercise of her right to a narrow span of days several months away known as an “escape period,” Corvello was able to opt-out of the union before the “escape period” and is no longer paying dues to the CEA hierarchy.

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    News Article ● Labor

    ‘Doorknockers’ challenge to California gig-worker law goes before Ninth Circuit

    February 7, 2022 // Political canvassers and signature gatherers claim they should be treated as independent contractors, like salespeople and newspaper carriers.

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