The mayor of San Diego has a First Amendment right to advocate for changes to the city’s retirement plan without first meeting with labor unions, the Pacific Legal Foundation said in a brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court.
The conservative public interest law firm wants the justices to undo a 2018 decision by the California Supreme Court holding that the state’s “meet-and-confer requirements” prevented Republican Mayor Jerry Sanders from championing a citizens’ initiative to switch new city hires to a 401(k) style retirement plan without first conferring with labor unions.
That opinion “completely omits” mention of the mayor’s First ...
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