Sentences with phrase «sector unions collect»

UFT President Michael Mulgrew told the March 22 Delegate Assembly that a new challenge to the «fair - share» fees that public - sector unions collect from workers who don't become members could reach the Supreme Court by the fall.

Not exact matches

The case involves free speech issues related to whether public - sector unions can collect fees from non-union members.

Spence added the white - collar union faces challenges including attrition, closures of state facilities that employed members, and a looming federal court case contesting the ability of public sector unions to collect dues.

On Feb. 26, the United States Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Janus v. AFSCME, a case that boils down to the question of whether public - sector unions have a right to collect dues from workers they bargain on behalf of, even if they are not union members.

In December 2017, the Trump administration filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the 1977 Abood v. Detroit Board of Education decision, which allowed public - sector unions, including teachers unions, to collect fees even when an employee declines membership.

Under Abood, public sector unions could collect «agency fees» from nonmembers, but those funds could not be used for ideological or political purposes.

At stake is the power of public - sector unions like Randi Weingarten's American Federation of Teachers (AFT) to collect forced dues — so - called «agency fees» — from non-members forced to accept their representation in at least 25 states.

This case has the potential to dramatically change the rules governing public sector unions; how they acquire members, and how they collect dues.

(The Janus case is about whether public - sector unions should be allowed to collect fees from nonmembers who benefit from collective bargaining.)

Trump will likely appoint a justice to the U.S. Supreme Court, reviving the effort to end the ability of NEA and AFT (as well as other public - sector unions) to forcibly collect dues from teachers regardless of desire for membership.

The Supreme Court is set to hear the Janus vs. AFSCME Council 31 case challenging public sector unions» ability to collect fees from brothers and sisters they represent.

WASHINGTON (AP)-- The Supreme Court says public sector unions can't collect fees from home health care workers who object to being affiliated with a union.

(Some public sector, often union represented, employees expect to account for hours and collect compensatory time off.