Sacramento, California – Friday morning, November 4, the U.S. District Court will consider converting a temporary restraining order into a preliminary injunction that would halt the use and further collection of a mandatory dues increase levied by California State Employees Association (CSEA) union officials against 37,000 union nonmembers.
| What: | Federal court hearing and media availability |
| When: | 10:00 a.m. courtroom hearing 11:00 a.m. availability outside courthouse Friday, November 4 |
| Where: | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California Judge Morrison C. England, Jr. Courtroom 3, 15th Floor 501 I Street Sacramento, CA |
| Who: | California state employee plaintiffs National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation spokesmen |
| Why: | The hearing on a preliminary injunction arises from a civil rights complaint, filed by employees on Tuesday, seeking a ruling to require union officials to give members and nonmembers of the CSEA union their due process rights, including financial disclosure, a formal notice of the right to object, and rebates, plus interest, to all who request them. The court has already issued a temporary restraining order protecting the named plaintiffs only. The CSEA has already spent more than $22 million on the special election. |
For more information, contact Stefan Gleason (916) 844-4265.
The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation is a nonprofit, charitable organization providing free legal aid to employees whose human or civil rights have been violated by compulsory unionism abuses. The Foundation, which can be contacted toll-free at 1-800-336-3600, assists thousands of employees in about 200 cases nationwide per year.
