From 11 to noon today the United States Supreme Court heard arguments in Locke v. Karass, in which Foundation Staff Attorney Jim Young represented 20 Maine State employees challenging attempts by the SEIU union to charge the nonmembers for union litigation unrelated to their collective bargaining unit.

Here, lead plaintiff Daniel Locke takes questions from reporters flanked (left to right) by Former Maine State employee Mark Turek of UnfairShare.org [1], Foundation V.P. Stefan Gleason and Foundation Staff Attorney Jim Young:

For background on the case watch our video [2], which includes an exclusive interview with lead plaintiff Daniel Locke, and also see our Locke case page [3] for all the legal briefs in the case. For a more detailed analysis of the case, this article [4] (pdf) from Labor Watch is highly recommended.

UPDATE:
The transcript of today's Locke argument at the U.S. Supreme Court is now available for download [5] (pdf).