February 09, 2017
A California federal judge tossed nonunion civil servants' right-to-work case challenging the Service Employees International Union's practice of deducting money for political activities from employees' wages unless the workers annually opt out, ruling Wednesday that the system is constitutional under circuit precedent.
May 28, 2015
A California federal judge has granted class certification to a group of nonunion California civil servants challenging the Service Employees International Union's practice of deducting money for political activities from employees' wages unless they annually opt out.
February 04, 2014
A group of California civil servants who are not union members filed a putative class action on Friday against the Service Employees International Union, claiming the union’s practice of deducting money for political activities from employees’ wages unless they opt out annually constitutes prior restraint.