Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg’s explanation of the Janus v. AFSCME Decision in easy to understand non legalese. 

Remember - independence was born out of a collective desire to do better.  And the realization that as a united front the people would be stronger.  Independence wasn’t won by the act of a single individual, nor was it defeated by the acts of traitors.  It was won by united people sticking together.

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- posted 7/4/18

Plaintiffs plan to appeal a closely watched federal lawsuit — 

Now that the Board has also ratified the tentative agreement, an updated contract will be posted to this site shortly.

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WASHINGTON– The following statement was issued by leaders and me

This morning the US Supreme Court ruled in favor of Mark Janus in the lawsuit he filed against his AFSCME union.  The court sided with Janus in stating that it is not consistent with the first amendment to force employees to pay agency fees if they choose not to be a member of the union.  The opinion of the court is essentially that public-sector unions effectively argue government policy every time wages, hours, working conditions, pensions, healthcare and other benefits are negotiated, and union members were being compelled to support such policies - even if they did not agree with the po

AFT St. Louis, Local 420 Staff 

Ray Cummings

rcummings@stltu.org

President 

Ms. Carolyn Sheppard

csheppard@stltu.org

Business Manager

 Byron Clemens