The SEIU reached an agreement with an Oregon state employee who sued the union in April, seeking back pay for obligatory union dues. The employee, Debora Nearman, is a systems analyst with the state Department of Fish and Wildlife, and opposed paying dues on political and religious grounds. Her settlement is the first of its’ kind to be reached after the landmark Supreme Court ruling in Janus v. AFSCME, which ruled unions cannot require all employees in a given bargaining unit to pay fair-share dues. Nearman will receive about $3,000 in collective bargaining fees that she paid to the SEIU over the last two years. The National Right to Work Foundation is handling some 200 similar cases across the country.
See "Oregon labor group to refund worker's union dues, a first since Supreme Court ruling", Los Angeles Times, August 1, 2018