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Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter written to keep you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and governance. A note to readers: It’s the holidays, and so we’ll be off next week to celebrate accordingly. We’ll return to your inbox again on Jan. 4, 2023. Thanks, as always, for reading, and we’ll see…

Federal lawsuits related to public-sector unions: 2022 roundup Since late 2019, Ballotpedia has tracked close to 200 federal lawsuits related to public-sector unions. Today, we’ll take a look at the state of litigation at the end of 2022 and highlight a selection of cases with recent activity in the district and circuit courts. Background  In…

Missouri Court of Appeals upholds trial court ruling ordering state to resume payroll deductions for Department of Corrections employees On Dec. 6, 2022, a three-judge panel of the Missouri Western District Court of Appeals upheld a September 2021 ruling by Cole County Circuit Court Judge Jon Edward Beetem in which Beetem ordered the Missouri Office…

Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission issues decision on collective bargaining for UW Health nurses  The Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission (WERC) ruled on Nov. 25 that the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority (UW Health) is not legally required to collectively bargain with UW Nurses United, a chapter of SEIU Healthcare Wisconsin.   Background SEIU Healthcare Wisconsin…

Checking in on public-sector union cases appealed to the Supreme Court  Note: In observance of the Thanksgiving holiday, we will not be publishing Union Station on Nov. 25. The next edition of Union Station will arrive on Dec. 2. So far this month, the Supreme Court has rejected three petitions in public-sector union cases we’ve…

Illinois voters to decide whether to adopt collective bargaining amendment Note: With the election around the corner, we’ll be taking a break from Union Station next week and helping support our results team efforts. The next edition of Union Station will arrive on Nov. 18. In the meantime, visit Ballotpedia for next week’s election results…

School counselor appeals grievance representation challenge to Ohio Supreme Court  Attorneys from The Buckeye Institute filed an appeal to the Ohio Supreme Court on behalf of a school guidance counselor who was not allowed under an exclusive collective bargaining agreement to use her own lawyer in a dispute with the school district.  Background The plaintiff,…

Alaska Supreme Court hears arguments on whether Janus requires annual opt-ins for union membership The Alaska Supreme Court heard oral arguments last week in a case where the state of Alaska claims that the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2018 ruling in Janus v. AFSCME requires annual opt-ins for union membership. Background Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy (R)…

Supreme Court agrees to hear case challenging FLRA jurisdiction over Ohio National Guard collective bargaining dispute The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal of a Sixth Circuit ruling that the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) has jurisdiction to regulate a collective bargaining dispute between the Ohio National Guard and the American Federation…