Columbus, OH – Robert Alt, president and chief executive officer of The Buckeye Institute, issued the following statement after the Supreme Court of the United States announced it denied cert on Buckeye’s petition in Reisman v. Associated Faculties of the Universities of Maine, which called for an end to laws that force public-sector employees to accept a union’s exclusive representation.

“As a condition of his employment at a public university, Maine law compels Professor Jon Reisman to accept the AFUM as his ‘sole and exclusive bargaining agent.’ Unfortunately, earlier today, the high court denied his petition demanding an end to these unjust laws. The Supreme Court will have other opportunities to rule on matters that it has already said are ‘of substantial public concern’ and protected by the First Amendment. The Buckeye Institute will continue to fight on behalf of our heroes Jade Thompson and Kathy Uradnik, along with millions of other public employees across the country.”

The Buckeye Institute has two other pending cases calling on courts to end laws forcing public-sector employees to accept a union’s exclusive representation. Thompson v. Marietta Education Association will be appealed to the United States Supreme Court shortly and Uradnik v. Inter Faculty Organization is pending with the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

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