Unions

A federal judge backed two public school unions in a legal battle over dues deductions. Educators say they will stay alert for challenges to other parts of the union law.

A federal judge sided mostly with the state on a law that public-sector union leaders say makes it harder to continue representing their workers.

The law changes how most public employees pay union dues, while requiring that more members pay dues to keep unions alive.

The judge rejected a request from three South Florida municipal unions and three union members for a temporary injunction against a new law that bars payroll deductions for union dues.

Florida unions are getting creative when it comes to collecting members’ dues because of a new law. As of July 1st, it will be illegal to deduct these fees from paychecks.

Gov. Ron DeSantis has signaled that he will make a priority of passing a long-debated proposal that would prevent teachers from having union dues deducted from their paychecks.

A Tallahassee Starbucks on John Knox and North Monroe became the first Florida location Tuesday to unionize. Employees voted 16-1 in favor of unionization.

A Republican proposal would make changes to public-employee unions in Florida. Under the bill, workers would no longer be allowed to have dues deducted from their paychecks. But the proposal doesn’t apply to all such unions.

A bill by Rep. Scott Plakon, R-Longwood, would require government union members to confirm with their employers that they want dues deducted from their paychecks. Unions and Democrats worry about putting government between unions and their members.

The Florida House has passed a bill requiring public employees who are part of a union receive a form to renew their membership annually. Proponents say…