Florida teachers unions head to trial over anti-union law

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s teachers unions are heading back to court Thursday in a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of new requirements for certain unions.

A trial is scheduled to begin at a federal courthouse in Tallahassee in the case brought by the Florida Education Association and a slate of county-level labor groups against the state agency that regulates unions.

They sued over a law signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis in 2023 that requires more public workers to pay dues in order to keep their unions alive, while simultaneously making it harder for employees to pay those dues.

Under the measure known as SB 256, unions representing tens of thousands of educators have been under pressure to clear the new standards or lose their collective bargaining rights. That’s despite workers’ right to organize being enshrined in Florida’s constitution.

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