AFSCME Local 2019 Membership Update – JANUS – Green Monday (02/26/18)

Brother and Sisters,

On Monday, the Supreme Court of the United States will hear oral arguments in the JANUS v. AFSCME case regarding whether public sector agency fee arrangements should be declared unconstitutional under the First Amendment.

You can learn more about the case at https://www.afscme.org/now/janus-for-leaders

We ask that you wear green on Monday in a show of solidarity.

Another note…Employee Relations prohibited me from sending this entire message to you using District email (a violation of Article 5.3 of our MOU…IMHO).  They stated that the content wasn’t specific union business and offered to allow a compromise email that removed almost all of the first paragraph.  I responded with the following:

“We strongly disagree that the content of our original message is not union business.  Additionally, it contains no salacious or inflammatory material that is directed toward the District, its employees, or its policies.  We believe this action by Management is a violation of the MOU, disrespectful and undermines the ability of the Local to communicate with its membership (a lawful and protected Union activity).”

Stay tuned…

Please wear GREEN this Monday, February 26.