Yet another union gives up on preventing its members from quitting

Published January 24, 2019 11:43pm ET



Labor officials have settled a class-action lawsuit alleging they forced unwilling members to financially support their unions, a direct violation of the Supreme Court’s 2018 Janus v. AFSCME ruling.

A group of Ohio workers teamed up with the National Right to Work Foundation to sue American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Ohio Council 8, alleging that the labor organization had deducted dues from their paychecks even after they opted out of subsidizing the group.

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