Case

Sweet v. California Association of Psychiatric Technicians

Employees have the right to leave a union whenever they wish.

Alfred Sweet is a psychiatric technician at Atascadero State Hospital in Paso Robles. Sweet joined the California Association of Psychiatric Technicians when he started working at the hospital in 2011 and began making requests to resign and become an agency fee payer in 2014.

Those requests were denied. After the Janus decision, Sweet submitted his resignation once again. However, the union would not recognize Sweet’s resignation until a thirty-day opt-out period beginning June 1, 2019, and California Department of State Hospitals continued to deduct dues from his paycheck.

Attorneys

Riley Stephens

Reilly Stephens

Reilly Stephens is a Counsel at Liberty Justice Center where he assists in cases to protect the rights to free speech, economic liberty, private property, and other Constitutional rights in courts across the country.

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Case Documents

February 27, 2019

ABOUT

NAME

Sweet v. California Association of Psychiatric Technicians

FILED

February 27, 2019

COURT

United States District Court for the Eastern District of California

STATUS

Closed

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