Posts tagged Supreme Court
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette journalists planning to return to work, ending 3-year strike
November 25, 2025 // Part of those nerves comes from what happens on Monday. After a rally outside the paper's office to celebrate Monday morning they will head inside, unsure of exactly what to expect. "We've heard nothing from the Post-Gazette," Goldstein said.
Union Cronies Wanted: Goldwater Fights University of Rhode Island’s Illegal Hiring Preferences
November 25, 2025 // The University of Rhode Island has a policy of giving “preferential consideration” to National Education Association Rhode Island union members in its hiring process. Under the policy, nonunion applicants are only considered for jobs if a position cannot be filled by a union member. That’s unconstitutional—conditioning public employment on union membership violates prospective employees’ First Amendment rights. On Thursday, the Goldwater Institute and its American Freedom Network attorney Kevin McCaffrey filed a lawsuit against the university to vindicate Nicole’s First Amendment rights.
Likely 1st AB5 trucking enforcement action in California snags 3 companies
November 18, 2025 // The combination of penalties assessed plus interest totals $868,127.76. Of that, about $663,000 is expected to be paid to employees. California’s action is not a settlement with the three companies. Sources said the three are expected to appeal and the LCO spokeswoman said the case remains “in litigation.” According to state documents, the appeals process is not in state or federal courts, though presumably an unhappy company could turn to those venues at some points. Rather, they are with the state’s Labor Commissioner.
MAXFORD NELSEN: The Other Education Choice: Freeing Teachers from Monopolistic Unions
November 17, 2025 // Public-sector collective bargaining tends to crowd out the interests of students, families, and taxpayers in education policymaking, but teachers unions’ power comes from subjecting teachers to a monopoly system of workplace restrictions. While individual educators now have the legal right to forgo union membership, state policymakers have many opportunities to improve educators’ ability to exercise that right. To level the playing field and increase teachers unions’ accountability to the public and their own members, policymakers should consider reforming or replacing collective bargaining in public education.
RADIO: Vincent Vernuccio- Pro-Worker Labor Legislation That Promotes Worker Freedom
November 17, 2025 // Senator Bill Cassidy announced a swath of pro-worker labor legislation that promotes worker freedom and curbs undue influence and abuse by unions
Fifth Circuit Denies Enforcement of NLRB’s Enhanced Remedies, Widening Circuit Split
November 5, 2025 // The Fifth Circuit now joins the Third Circuit in holding that the Board exceeded its authority under the NLRA by awarding Thryv remedies. The Third Circuit also held that Thryv remedies exceeded the authority granted to the Board under Section 10(c), as we reported here. In contrast, the Ninth Circuit upheld Thryv remedies,
Puerto Rico Public Workers Defend First Amendment Right to Stop Union Dues Payments in Federal Court Arguments
October 31, 2025 // Two arguments held this week at First Circuit Court of Appeals involve rights under landmark Janus v. AFSCME U.S. Supreme Court decision
A Republican-Led NLRB May Soon Revisit Expanded Remedies and Other Labor Precedents
October 30, 2025 // The HELP Committee’s approvals signal a likely realignment in the months ahead but not an immediate one, as it remains unknown as to when or whether the NLRB will have a quorum. A new NLRB majority may act quickly once seated to revisit recent precedents—not only Thryv, but also rules governing joint-employer status, independent-contractor classifications and union election procedures. The coming months will be a period of heightened uncertainty for employers navigating ongoing unfair labor practice matters.
Op-ed: Your Union Boss Can’t Treat You Like an ATM
October 28, 2025 // Since the Supreme Court’s ruling in Janus v. Afscme (2018), I have learned more about the nefarious ways these entities mislead, subvert and treat their members like ATM machines. Ms. Dupont found perhaps the simplest way to remedy the abuse: to resign. Without funds, the unions can’t operate in the way her legal filing alleges. Under Janus each public-sector union member has that right.
Seven years after Janus, public employees still can’t quit their unions
October 24, 2025 // Seven years after the U.S. Supreme Court’s Janus v. AFSCME decision established that public employees cannot be compelled to pay union dues, a troubling pattern has emerged: unions nationwide are systematically obstructing workers’ rights to resign. Consider Chaquan May, a California in-home caregiver, who has spent more than two years trying to resign from SEIU Local 2015.