Author: Jerrick Adams
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Public-sector union responses to COVID-19 vaccine mandates
Exploring public-sector union responses to COVID-19 vaccine mandates Public-sector unions have issued a range of responses to federal and state mandates requiring government workers to get a COVID-19 vaccine. However, most unions state that they should have input on how such policies are implemented. Public-sector union responses to federal vaccine mandate On Sept. 9, President…
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Union Station: Biden, AFSCME include Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act in Labor Day statements
Biden, AFSCME include Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act in Labor Day statements Over Labor Day weekend, President Joe Biden (D) and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) each reiterated their endorsements of the Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act (PSFNA), congressional legislation originally introduced in response to the U.S. Supreme…
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Louisiana Secretary of State announces delayed fall election date
On Sept. 8, Louisiana Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin (R) announced that Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) had agreed to postpone the state’s fall elections. According to Ardoin, the first-round and second-round elections will now take place on Nov. 13 and Dec. 11, respectively. The first-round and second-round elections were originally scheduled to take place…
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Federal appeals court rejects claim that Georgia requirement that voters pay postage for absentee/mail-in ballots amounts to a poll tax
On Aug. 27, 2021, a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit unanimously affirmed a lower court’s decision finding that a Georgia law requiring voters to pay the price of postage for returning absentee/mail-in ballots does not constitute an illegal poll tax. The plaintiffs had argued that requiring absentee/mail-in…
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Union Station: Lawyers file class action complaint against State Bar of Texas
Lawyers file class action complaint against State Bar of Texas On Aug. 30, three members of the State Bar of Texas filed a class action complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas alleging that the bar is violating their First Amendment rights. About the complaint The plaintiffs are attorneys Robert…
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Union Station: Biden appoints 10 members to Federal Service Impasses Panel
Biden appoints 10 members to Federal Service Impasses Panel On Aug. 23, President Joe Biden (D) announced the names of 10 individuals he planned to appoint to the Federal Service Impasses Panel (FSIP), which has been vacant since shortly after Biden took office. The FSIP is an entity of the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA). …
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Union Station: Union dues lawsuit heads to Supreme Court
Ninth Circuit grants plaintiffs’ request to uphold district court dismissal of union dues lawsuit On Aug. 16, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit granted two Alaska state employees’ request to uphold a district court’s dismissal of their lawsuit so they can appeal the case to the U.S. Supreme…
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Union Station: Proposed California initiative would ban public-sector unions
Proposed California initiative would ban public-sector unions On Aug. 9, 2021, venture capitalist Timothy Draper filed a proposal with the California attorney general’s office for an initiated constitutional amendment that would prohibit public-sector workers from forming unions. If supporters gather enough valid signatures, it will appear on the Nov. 8, 2022, ballot. While some states…