Columbus, OH – On Thursday, The Buckeye Institute filed Littlejohn v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) with the State Employment Relations Board, asserting an unfair labor practice charge by AFSCME and the city of Cincinnati against Necole Littlejohn, a hospital employee with the city of Cincinnati, who had money illegally taken out of her paychecks by her employer and given to the government union.

“Ms. Littlejohn is not a member of the government union, but the union continues to use an unethical legal sleight-of-hand to steal money from her paycheck,” said Jay R. Carson, senior litigator at The Buckeye Institute and an attorney representing Ms. Littlejohn. “If a company did this to these very same union officials, they would be irate, and rightly so, but apparently, they have no shame in treating Ms. Littlejohn in this disgraceful manner.” 

In June 2022, Necole Littlejohn notified her employer and the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), Ohio Council 8 of the AFL-CIO, that she was resigning from the government union. The union accepted her resignation but refused—and continues to refuse—to stop stealing wages from Ms. Littlejohn’s paycheck.

Stay up to date on Littlejohn v. AFSCME at BuckeyeInstitute.org/LittlejohnvAFSCME. 

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