Union Granted Summary Judgment In Class Suit Over Optional Fees

Mealey's (October 28, 2019, 1:04 PM EDT) -- SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A union that complied with the then-valid state law concerning the collection of fair share union fees didn’t violate the constitutional rights of a class of California state employees who were not union members, a federal judge in California ruled Oct. 25, granting the union’s motion for summary judgment (Kourosh Kenneth Hamidi, et al. v. Service Employees International Union Local 1000, No. 14-319, E.D. Calif., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 185527)....