Freedom Foundation – California Globe

Jewish Teachers Forced to Pay Dues to Anti-Semitic Labor Union They Don’t Belong To

November 17, 2024 2:55 amNovember 17, 2024 2:56 am

Freedom of association is a bedrock constitutional principle. But it is trampled by a California law that grants unions exclusive right to represent public school teachers even without their consent–or over their fierce objections, as new litigation makes clear. Four...

In California, There’s Hope for IHSS Workers Facing Rampant Union Abuse

September 18, 2024 12:59 pmSeptember 18, 2024 1:44 pm

Each morning, long-time San Diego resident Olivia rises early to tend to the needs of her autistic son. “That’s really the only reason,” Olivia said, that she became an In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) provider through the California Department of Social...

Palm Springs union admits unconstitutional conduct in settlement

March 25, 2024 10:46 amMarch 25, 2024 10:46 am

The Public Employees Association of Palm Springs (PEAPS), a small but muscular government labor union representing public employees in the California desert community, has agreed to settle a legal dispute with a public employee alleging the union violated her First...

Recent Legal Battle Latest in War to Protect the American Worker

December 5, 2023 3:00 amDecember 5, 2023 3:01 am

Government labor unions will stop at nothing in their war to undermine the U.S. Supreme Court and diminish the protections afforded public employees by the First Amendment. From the highest echelons of the judiciary to payroll departments across the land,...

Lawsuit Challenges Public Access to LAUSD Employee Orientations

May 8, 2023 12:40 pmMay 8, 2023 12:50 pm

A lawsuit filed on Monday alleges that a California statute, Government Code § 3556, violates the First Amendment by denying the general public access to the dates, times and locations of new government employee orientations – all the while furnishing...

Former Los Angeles Teacher’s Stand Against Union Push to ‘Defund the Police’ Reaches 9th Circuit

January 10, 2023 3:15 pmJanuary 10, 2023 3:30 pm

Former high school teacher Glenn Laird, who two years ago shook the pillars of one of the largest and most powerful teachers’ unions in the United States, United Teachers of Los Angeles (UTLA), has now elevated his case to the...

Sacramento ‘Antifa’ Teacher Indoctrinating Students in Marxism/Communism Receives 3 years’ Pay to Resign

August 10, 2022 8:01 am

For three years, Natomas Unified School District in Sacramento permitted an avowed socialist and member of the local “antifa” chapter to teach AP American Government at Inderkum High School. Last September the Globe reported on teacher Gabriel Gipe, who proudly...