3 state employees want to join Rauner lawsuit over 'fair share' union fees
Source: Chicago Sun Times
By Natasha Korecki
Three state of Illinois employees who say they are forced to pay dues to unions of which they’re not members want to join an ongoing lawsuit that wants the Illinois practice ruled unconstitutional.
Mark Janus, Marie Quigley and Brian Trygg claim in a new filing they “are suffering the irreparable harm and injury inherent in a violation of First Amendment rights for which there is no adequate remedy at law.”
The filing argues the Illinois law that declares compulsory fees constitutional should be overturned. The trio wants to join a lawsuit filed last month by Gov. Bruce Rauner.
Rauner filed the lawsuit simultaneously with signing an executive order to stop collecting union “fair share” fees from state employees who are not union members. Unions say the idea behind the fees is to cover the cost of collective bargaining from which all workers benefit regardless of their union membership. Those fees by law are not allowed to be used for political purposes. Rauner has argued that it is impossible to separate the two.
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THREE workers out of thousands get the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation people to pay for a lawyer. This is a game changing ground swell!
Do I even need to do this>>>
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