CLEAT’s Statement Re: Fort Worth OIS (10/12/2019)

AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM CLEAT TO ALL TEXAS LAW ENFORCEMENT IF YOU HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY COVID-19, PLEASE READ! The Texas Legislature passed SB 22 which provides new rights to certain first responders who contracted COVID-19. The bill took effect on June 14, 2021, and provides…

Our first impression is that there are indeed 1st Amendment implications regarding this proposition. Under settled law, the 1st amendment right of association “encompasses … the right of [public employee] unions to engage in advocacy and to petition government on their [members’] behalf.”