Last week, the California Supreme Court took privacy encroachment to a whole new level.
The state Supreme Court, stacked with judges friendly with Big Labor, ruled unanimously that the Los Angeles County government would have to disclose all contact information of non-union employees to labor organizations. In a big win for union bosses who are known to harass and bully workers, the court’s decision rejected any notion of an opt-out provision for non-union members.
Writes Arthur Hartinger in the Meyers Nave blog:
SEIU was recognized as the exclusive bargaining representative of a bargaining unit of employees. The issue concerned whether the County was obligated to turn over personal information – i.e., home addresses and telephone numbers – of non-members. Non-members are employees who are employed in a job class represented by the union, but who have elected not to join the union. The union still owes a duty of fair representation to non-members.
The state Supreme Court ruling will, hopefully, receive attention and be reversed or amended in higher courts.
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