University of California at Irvine Lab Assistant Amber Walker opposes the political agenda of the Communications Workers of America (CWA), but union officials keep collecting dues from her against her will. So, represented pro bono by attorneys from the National Right to Work Legal Foundation (NRTWLF), Walker has filed a class-action lawsuit against her union, the University Professional and Technical Employees (UPTE) affiliate of the CWA, and the State of California. In briefs filed July 30 with the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, Walker’s attorneys argued that a state law requiring public employers like the university to defer to unions like the UPTE on dues issues violates the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2018 Janus v. AFSCME decision. The Janus decision held that compulsory union dues violate an employee’s First Amendment right of association and that public employee dues can only be collected with the written permission of …