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Capital Research Center: Workers Seeking Retroactive Refunds

February 2020

Some proponents of the right-to-work movement now argue in court that laws requiring government workers to either join a union or pay “fair-share” fees as nonmembers were illegal from the start.

After Years of Paying Illegal Union Fees, Government Workers Seek Refunds – The Daily Signal

After successfully leading a nationwide charge against government-sanctioned union mandates, Mark Janus could end up back before the Supreme Court. In a continuation of his legal case, the former child support specialist for the Illinois government asked the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to...

Full Measure interview: Forced to pay

December 2019

The federal class-action lawsuit, Mattos v. AFSCME Council 3, seeks to recoup “agency” fees paid by Maryland state employees before the US Supreme Court ruled the mandatory fees were unconstitutional. This interview first appeared December 15, 2019 on Full Measure with Sharyl Attkisson A Supreme Court decision...

Federal Lawsuit Claims MD State Workers Were Forced to Pay Union Fees, Demands Refund – Fox 45 News

A Federal lawsuit is seeking a refund of nearly $7 million on behalf of state workers in Maryland who claim they were forced to pay Union fees as a condition of employment.

Washington County Man Lead Plaintiff in Union-Fee Lawsuit Against AFSCME – Herald Mail Media

A Washington County man is leading a class-action lawsuit which aims to return roughly $7 million in union fees Maryland state employees were forced to pay.

Maryland State Employees File Lawsuit Against AFSCME to Recoup Union Fees that Supreme Court Found Illegal – Baltimore Sun

The federal class-action lawsuit, Mattos v. AFSCME Council 3, seeks to recoup “agency” fees paid by Maryland state employees before the US Supreme Court ruled the mandatory fees were unconstitutional. This article originally appeared September 4, 2019, on Baltimore Sun. A group of Maryland state employees has...

Maryland Govt. Workers Sue AFSCME Union, Demand Refunds of Illegally Collected Dues – Washington Times

Nineteen public sector employees in Maryland filed a class action against their labor union this week, demanding a refund for dues they were forced to pay before the Supreme Court outlawed the mandatory fees last year.

Aided by Conservative Legal Groups, State Workers Sue to Recoup Union Dues – Maryland Matters

A group of state government workers on Wednesday sued a public employee union, saying the union improperly collected dues from them even though they never became members.

Maryland State Workers Sue Union, Alleging It Defied Janus Ruling and Coerced Dues – Washington Examiner

19 Maryland state employees have filed a class action suit against their union, AFSCME Council 3, seeking $7 million in dues they claim was illegally taken from them.

Baltimore Sun: Maryland state employees file lawsuit against AFSCME to recoup union fees that Supreme Court found illegal

September 2019

A group of Maryland state employees has filed a federal lawsuit against their labor union to recoup union fees the U.S. Supreme Court found to be illegal in a ruling last year. In a class-action lawsuit filed Wednesday in Baltimore against the American Federation of...

Maryland state employees file class action lawsuit against AFSCME, seeking refund of approximately $7 million in illegal union fees

BALTIMORE, Md. (Sept. 4, 2019) – The U.S. Supreme Court says it is illegal to require public employees to pay union fees as a condition of employment. Now, a group of Maryland state employees who were forced to pay these fees prior to the Court’s...

Mattos v. AFSCME Council 3

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