{"id":2126,"date":"2012-01-06T14:08:20","date_gmt":"2012-01-06T19:08:20","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T04:00:00","slug":"knox-supreme-court-case-california-civil-servants-challenge-seiu-misuse-of-nonunion-dues-for-union-politics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nrtw.org\/es\/knox-supreme-court-case-california-civil-servants-challenge-seiu-misuse-of-nonunion-dues-for-union-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"Knox Supreme Court Case: California Civil Servants Challenge SEIU Misuse of Nonunion Dues for Union Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<b><a href=\"\/en\/press\/2012\/06\/supreme-court-strikes-down-seiu-scheme-06212012\">Supreme Court Agrees with National Right to Work Foundation Attorneys Representing California State Employees: Strikes Down SEIU Scheme to Force Nonunion Employees to Fund Union Political Fund<\/a><\/b>\n<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"videoContainer\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nVQ8CPEsNeg?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" width=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n<p>\nIn 2005, the California State Employees Association (CSEA) union, a local affiliate of the SEIU, imposed a &quot;special assessment&quot; on every civil servant in its bargaining unit to pay for a campaign to defeat several California ballot initiatives. CSEA officials collected money from all employees to pay for union political activism, including those who were not union members. In 2007, a federal district court ruled that the CSEA was required to  provide a notice to nonunion employees about the assessment, allow them to opt-out of paying into the union political fund, provide a refund of monies spent on union politics, and pay interest from the dates of the deductions to nonmembers who chose to opt out. After CSEA lawyers appealed the case, a Ninth Circuit panel reversed that decision in December 2010. On June 27, 2011, the United States Supreme Court announced it would review the Ninth Circuit&#8217;s ruling. The Court then struck down the scheme in a precedent-setting ruling issued on June 21, 2012. The Court&#8217;s majority ruled for the first time that government union officials must obtain affirmative consent from workers before using workers&#8217; forced union fees for union politicking.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nBelow, you&#8217;ll find links to relevant legal documents, Foundation news releases, and notable media coverage.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<b>NEWS RELEASES:<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"\/en\/press\/2012\/06\/supreme-court-strikes-down-seiu-scheme-06212012\">Supreme Court Strikes Down SEIU Scheme to Force CA Nonunion State Employees to Fund Union Politics<\/a> (6\/21\/2012)<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"\/en\/press\/2011\/09\/knox-supreme-court-filing-09142011\">California State Employees Lay Out Class-Action Lawsuit before Supreme Court<\/a> (9\/14\/2011)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"\/en\/press\/2011\/06\/supreme-court-review-ninth-circuit-r\">Supreme Court to Review Ninth Circuit Ruling that Forces Nonunion Workers to Fund Union Political Activism<\/a> (6\/27\/2011)\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<b>LEGAL DOCUMENTS:<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"\/files\/nrtw\/CERT-Petition%20for%20Certiorari.pdf\">Petition for writ of <i>certiorari<\/i><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"\/files\/nrtw\/CERT-CSEA%20Opposition.pdf\">CSEA brief in opposition to Supreme Court granting <i>certiorari<\/i><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"\/files\/nrtw\/CERT-Reply.pdf\">Reply to CSEA brief in opposition to granting <i>certiorari<\/i><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"\/files\/nrtw\/MERITS-Petitioners%27%20Brief.pdf\">Petitioners&#8217; brief on the merits of the case<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"\/files\/nrtw\/MERITS-Respondent%27s%20Brief.pdf\">CSEA&#8217;s brief on the merits of the case<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"\/files\/nrtw\/MERITS-Respondents%20Motion%20to%20Dismiss.pdf\">CSEA&#8217;s motion to dismiss<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"\/files\/nrtw\/MERITS-Petitioners'OppositionToRespondent'sMotionToDismissAsMoot.pdf\">Petitioners&#8217; response to motion to dismiss<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"\/files\/nrtw\/MERITS-Respondents%20Reply%20to%20Pet%20Opposition%20Motion%20to%20Dismiss.pdf\">CSEA&#8217;s reply<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/sblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Pacific-Legal-foundation-Amicus-for-Knox-et-al.pdf\">Pacific Legal Foundation&#8217;s <i>amicus curiae<\/i> brief in support of the petitioners<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/oral_arguments\/argument_transcripts\/10-1121.pdf\">Transcript of oral arguments <\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<b>MEDIA COVERAGE<\/b>:\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scotusblog.com\/case-files\/cases\/knox-v-service-employees-intl-union-local-1000\/\">SCOTUSblog&#8217;s <i>Knox <\/i>page<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&quot;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/articles\/270885\/unions-and-forced-political-speech-frank-miniter\">Unions and Forced Political Speech<\/a>,&quot;<i>National Review<\/i>, 7\/1\/2011\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&quot;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2012\/jan\/9\/government-employees-free-speech-on-trial\/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS\">Government employees&#8217; free speech on trial<\/a>,&quot; <i>Washington Times<\/i>, 1\/9\/2012<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\n<b><a href=\"\/en\/press\/2012\/06\/supreme-court-strikes-down-seiu-scheme-06212012\">Supreme Court Agrees with National Right to Work Foundation Attorneys Representing California State Employees: Strikes Down SEIU Scheme to Force Nonunion Employees to Fund Union Political Fund<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":138,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2126","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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