Posts tagged U.S. Supreme Court

    News Article ● Unions

    SCOTUS won’t hear two public-sector union cases

    March 7, 2022 // The U.S. Supreme Court recently rejected petitions in two cases related to public-sector union policy. The last such case the court heard was Janus v. AFSCME in 2018.

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    News Article ● Corruption Unions

    Stamford Firefighters’ Lawsuit over Test Scores Lingers as Police Win Their Cases

    March 2, 2022 // In 2006, for example, the Stamford Fire Commission had to throw out its list of candidates after top scorers on the exam asked why those with lower scores were offered jobs, including a commissioner’s son, the chief’s son, and the mayor’s nephew.

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    News Article Op-ed / Commentary ● Corruption Labor

    About the waterfront: Gov. Hochul must fight New Jersey’s attempt to dismantle a corruption-fighting agency

    February 14, 2022 // Gov. Hochul showed necessary mettle in saying no to New Jersey’s illegal and unconstitutional attempt to quit the bistate Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor, which battles mobsters and the mob-influenced International Longshoremen’s Association for control of the docks on both sides of the Hudson. She must now stay firm as Jersey tries to press ahead with its dirty work.

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    Op-ed / Commentary

    Janus hasn’t stopped unions from wielding power over school closures

    January 25, 2022 // Pandemic-induced school closures underscored the conflict of interest between teacher unions and students. Strong union districts had less in-person instruction, which hit minority communities in urban centers especially hard. The power to determine the mode of instruction belies the notion that the U.S. Supreme Court put public-sector unions on a road to extinction with its 2018 decision in Janus v. AFSCME.

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    News Article ● Labor Unionization

    Unions, Dems urge lower bar to unionize small groups of workers

    January 24, 2022 // Targeting smaller groups of workers can be a key organizing strategy when unions do not have the support of a company's entire workforce.

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