Texas Public Policy Foundation: Public Sector Unions Receiving Tax Dollars Violates Texas Constitution's "Gift Clause"
February 22, 2024
February 22, 2024
AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 22 -- The Texas Public Policy Foundation issued the following news release on Feb. 21, 2024:
Today, attorneys from the Texas Public Policy Foundation and the Goldwater Institute delivered oral arguments before the Supreme Court of Texas in Borgelt v. Austin Firefighters Association. The case examines the constitutionality of public sector labor unions' "release time" scheme, which forces taxpayers to pay union organizers' salaries and finance their acti . . .
Today, attorneys from the Texas Public Policy Foundation and the Goldwater Institute delivered oral arguments before the Supreme Court of Texas in Borgelt v. Austin Firefighters Association. The case examines the constitutionality of public sector labor unions' "release time" scheme, which forces taxpayers to pay union organizers' salaries and finance their acti . . .