Columbus, OH – Andrew J. Geisler, a visiting legal fellow with The Buckeye Institute’s Legal Center, filed public comments on Thursday in response to the Federal Labor Relations Authority’s proposed rule that would give federal employees who are union members the freedom to leave the union at any time after one year of employment. 

“This new rule reflects the First Amendment principles that the United States Supreme Court recognized in their landmark Janus decision,” said Andrew J. Geisler, a visiting legal fellow with The Buckeye Institute’s Legal Center. “The Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute makes it clear that when a newly hired federal employee agrees to join a union they have signed a one-year contract to be a member of that union. At the end of that one year, the employee is free resign their membership at any time.” 

The Buckeye Institute is on the forefront of fighting for the First Amendment rights of hard-working public employees, and was the first organization in the country to file lawsuits calling on courts to end compelled exclusive representation. Buckeye represents Professor Jonathan Reisman in Maine, Jade Thompson in Ohio, and Professor Kathy Uradnik in Minnesota.

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