Labor Relations Radio, Ep. 66—The Center for Independent Employees' Keith Williams

Episode description

Since 2001, the Center for Independent Employees (CEI) has been “protecting employee freedom from union interference in the workplace.”

As a 501(c)(3) non-profit, CEI’s clients are employees—not employers—who are either unionized or not.

Specifically, according to its website, “CIE provides legal guidance and support to employees who wish to eliminate unions from their workplace, eradicate “must pay dues” clauses from union contracts, oppose initial union certification efforts, counteract workplace organizing, and remove Big Labor from our educational institutions.”

We work for the people – loyal, hardworking people who are disenfranchised by coercive union power and union abuses. When these employees begin the arduous task of going against Big Labor, they are often frustrated and overwhelmed by the process and feel intimidated by union tactics. CIE provides free legal aid and educational resources to employees ready to decertify a union that no longer serves their needs.

In this episode of Labor Relations Radio, CIE’s Senior Vice President Keith Williams shares how he went from a high school teacher and coach to lead the only successful school district in Pennsylvania to overturn union fair share fees before the Supreme Court’s Janus v. AFSCME decision.

Williams then, before joining CIE, was recruited from the classroom to lead and grow a now nationally recognized nonprofit, where he headed the successful decertification of an AFL-CIO affiliated union in a Pittsburgh-area school district.

To contact CIE, or Keith Williams, visit the CIE website here.

Related:

* CIE Helps Teachers Remove NEA from Central Kansas School Districts

* Two More School Districts Drop the NEA

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