Police officers serve and protect our communities, but union bosses have another use for them: Forced dues.
With free legal aid from National Right to Work Foundation staff attorneys, 17 police officers in Kansas City, Missouri, are fighting back.
In a corrupt agreement between the city and Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) Lodge 99, union bosses made wage and benefits concessions in exchange for the power to force nonmember police officers into paying forced union dues and fees as a condition of their employment.
As we explain in our latest video update, the independent-minded police officers have filed a federal class-action lawsuit to halt the scheme.