July 25, 2024
A public employee relations agency secured an early win against claims from Florida teachers unions that provisions in a state law pertaining to dues deductions and recertification violated the U.S. Constitution, a federal judge ruled, sending only one contracts clause allegation to trial.
October 31, 2023
Florida teachers unions told a federal judge that a state law's provision that adds a statement about "right-to-work" to union membership forms violates the First Amendment, claiming the state's public employees relations agency did an "about-face" on a related regulation over certification.
September 22, 2023
A Florida federal judge on Friday rejected a renewed effort from a group of teachers unions to block a state law barring public sector unions from having dues deducted from members' paychecks, saying the change did not deprive them of their rights because they have other methods to collect dues.
September 06, 2023
Parts of a law that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis enacted cracking down on public unions are unconstitutional and treat Republican-leaning unions differently, a group of teachers unions said, urging a federal court to grant them an early win in their suit challenging the law.
August 03, 2023
Members of Florida's Public Employees Relations Commission challenged a bid from teachers unions to halt the enforcement of a law that blocks dues deductions from their members' paychecks, telling a federal judge the statute isn't infringing on the labor organizations' constitutional rights.
July 20, 2023
A group of Florida teachers unions asked for a second chance to stop a state law provision that bars dues deductions from their members' paychecks, telling a federal judge that an injunction is imperative to remedy the unions' loss of revenue after the measure became effective.
June 26, 2023
A group of Florida educators unions cannot block two looming changes to state law governing public sector unions, a federal judge ruled Monday, saying they have not done enough to show they have standing to challenge the provisions.
May 11, 2023
A new Florida law that lowers the threshold for public sector union decertification votes and prohibits schools from deducting dues from members' paychecks violates the U.S. Constitution and targets unions that have opposed Gov. Ron DeSantis, a group of Florida educators unions claimed in a federal lawsuit.