Today's decision by the U.S. Supreme to take up the National Right to Work Foundation's Locke case on behalf of employees marks the Foundation's 14th trip to the High Court. Foundation Vice President Stefan Gleason summed up the case this way:
“No one should be compelled to pay union dues just to get or keep a job. But where union officials have obtained this special
privilege from the legislature, they still have no legal authority to
make non-union public servants in Maine pay for union activity across America.”
The National Right to Work Foundation's most recent victory at the High Court came in 2007, under Davenport v. WEA, a crucial defensive victory. In that case, the Court ruled that union officials do not have a "constitutional right" to spend employees' forced union dues on political causes that they oppose.
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Thank you, NRTW. Your team is awesome!
First, I just want to say a huge "thank you" to the entire team at NRTW. We have been fighting this battle against forced unionism in Maine for nearly three (3) years now, and NRTW has been a huge help for us. Everything has been completely stacked in the union's favor, as they have always been a huge supporter of our current administration - a bunch of wasteful democrats. It's time for them all to be held accountable for the countless ways they've done harm on hard-working Maine workers. Thank you, NRTW.
Mark Turek
Randolph, Maine
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