Abstract

No Free Speech For Federal Unions

The article focuses on issues related to the U.S. government. The U.S. administration's assault on the rights of government workers has a new target: political expression by their union officials. On February 26, 1985, the presidents of the three largest Federal employees' unions were charged with violating the Hatch Act, the 1939 law restricting political activity by Civil Servants. Kenneth Blaylock of the American Federation of Government Employee, Morris Biller of the American Postal Workers Union and Vincent Sombrotto of the National Association of Letter Carriers were accused of campaigning for political activist Walter Mondale and against President Ronald Reagan-specifically, of writing partisan articles in their union publications.