A recent California law that prohibits public employers from discouraging employees from joining employee organizations remains on the books after an appeal affirms a court’s dismissal.
California Government Code Section 3550, passed in 2017, says that a public employer shall not deter or discourage public employees from becoming or remaining members of an employee organization.
Seven public employers, including a community-service district, board of directors, city councils and school district boards, complained in a pre-enforcement First Amendment challenge in the California Central District Court that the law chilled their speech, according to the appellate ruling.
They feared the state of California Public Employment Relations Board
