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\nThe U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned another judge\u2019s ruling in Hardin Fiscal Court case relating to right-to-work laws.<\/p>\n
\nThe U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned another judge\u2019s ruling in Hardin Fiscal Court case relating to right-to-work laws.<\/p>\n
The opinion released Friday overturns the lower court decision in this first test case regarding whether county government, as a subset of state government, individually could enact right-to-work rules.<\/p>\n
Friday’s decision preserves the long-standing legal principal that a state has absolute discretion in how it chooses to exercise its governmental powers and can delegate to a political subdivision, that same authority. <\/p>\n
As a result, the plaintiffs would need to seek permission from the U.S. Supreme Court for further review of the decision and county government now is free to enforce its right-to-work ordinance.<\/p>\n
Fiscal Court enacted an ordinance in January 2015 that prohibited companies from mandating that employees deduct part of their wages to contribute to a union. When enacted, unions fought back with several filing lawsuits seeking to invalidate the action claiming it was unconstitutional and violated the National Labor Relations Act.<\/p>\n
U.S. District Court Judge David Hale handed down a decision in the case in February this year, siding with the unions. His opinion said that the primary issue was whether it was legal for local governments to make such a decision.<\/p>\n
The county\u2019s counsel, John Lovett of Frost Brown Todd LLC, appealed the decision and it has since been in the hands of the federal court of appeals.
\nSource: NE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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