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Puerto Rico Public Workers Defend First Amendment Right to Stop Union Dues Payments in Federal Court Arguments

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Two arguments held this week at First Circuit Court of Appeals involve rights under landmark Janus v. AFSCME U.S. Supreme Court decision

SAN JUAN, PR – Oral arguments for two lawsuits in which Puerto Rico public employees are defending their First Amendment rights under the Janus v. AFSCME U.S. Supreme Court decision are taking place before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in San Juan this week.

Johns Hopkins Ph.D. Student Slams UE Union With Federal Charges for Demanding She Divulge Private Info

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Union demanded student be discharged even though nothing in union contract or federal law requires students to give up such info

BALTIMORE, MD – Andrea Ori, a molecular biophysics Ph.D. candidate at Johns Hopkins, has filed federal charges against United Electrical (UE) union officials at the university.

Heavy Equipment Operators File Federal Charges Against Operating Engineers Union for Illegal Retaliation

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IUOE union officials unlawfully threatened “internal discipline” fines against workers who continued employment with nonunion contractor

LAWRENCEVILLE, GA – A group of construction industry employees of Dennis Taylor & Co. have filed federal charges at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) against the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) Local 926 alleging IUOE union officials subjected them to illegal post-resignation discipline after the employees legally resigned their union memberships.