New Mexico state employee files lawsuit against AFSCME and State for constitutional violations ALBUQUERQUE, NM (Dec. 7, 2018) –– New Mexico state employee Brett Hendrickson has filed a lawsuit against his government union, AFSCME, and the state of New Mexico for violating his First…

This article first appeared in the Santa Fe New Mexican December 3, 2018 — A conservative nonprofit group is suing the state of New Mexico on behalf of a government employee who wants out of his labor union. The case, filed by the Liberty Justice Center, is in some…

The good news: The U.S. Supreme Court issued a groundbreaking decision in favor of workers’ rights when it ruled that no government worker can be forced to pay a government union as a condition of working in public service. In the months since the ruling, government workers from every corner…

UNIONS AND POLITICIANS ARE CIRCUMVENTING THE JANUS DECISION. Do unions believe in the rule of law? That’s an urgent question as unions and their political friends try to circumvent the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in June blocking the forced collection of union fees. In Janus v. Afscme, the Supreme Court not…