6/27/2018 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that government workers can’t be forced to contribute to labor unions that represent them in collective bargaining, dealing a serious financial blow to organized labor. The court’s conservative majority scrapped a 41-year-old decision that had allowed states to require that public employees pay some fees to […]
WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 21, 2016 – U.S. Rep. Dennis A. Ross (FL-15), Senior Deputy Majority Whip, released the following statement after introducing H.R. 4392, legislation requiring the Office of Personnel Management to submit an annual report to Congress relating to the use of “Official Time” by federal employees: “I introduced H.R. 4392 so Congress may […]
The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 along ideological lines Monday that home-care workers in Illinois do not have to pay dues to public employees unions. The opinion by Justice Samuel Alito was a narrow loss for organized labor. It did not overrule the court’s “agency shop” precedent applying to all public employee unions. The challenge to […]