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Michigan RAs overwhelmingly vote in favor of unionizing
September 12, 2024 // The RAO had posted multiple messages on its Instagram account going back to December, urging residence assistants at the university to unionize. In one post found on the group’s account, the RAO cited specific reasons that students must unionize as a result of poor “communication” with university housing leadership, receive “40% of the campus minimum wage”, and RAs’ “lack formal harassment protections.”
ALASKA CASE GIVES SCOTUS A CHANCE TO REINFORCE JANUS
October 3, 2023 // Unfortunately, lower courts — including the Alaska Supreme Court and the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals — have been reluctant to hold either states or unions to that standard. If the U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear the case, it will effectively be asked to specifically apply to public employers the majority opinion issued just five years ago in Janus. If the court rejects the petition, the Alaska Supreme Court’s decision will stand. But even if the court takes up the case, a decision isn’t likely before winter. Most likely, months or years of written and oral arguments could be forthcoming. “Unless you agree to enforce it, even a landmark ruling like Janus is just a piece of paper,” Stahlfeld said. “Because unions and activist judges have been allowed to act as if Janus never happened, states like Alaska that want to comply with the ruling have been obliged to adopt legislation reinforcing what should have happened all along.”