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That case seems to be about school teachers. My Dad was a mail carrier for a time in the US. According to his union newsletter, he did not all the full free s
by tingletech 8y ago
That case seems to be about school teachers.
My Dad was a mail carrier for a time in the US. According to his union newsletter, he did not all the full free speech rights outside of work as an average citizen. He was not allowed to talk about work conditions outside of work. He also did not have the right to strike.
I could have the details wrong, this was in a newsletter I read in the 1980s. Oddly, I remember exactly were I was sitting when I read this.
- gpm 8y agoWhile the case was brought be a teacher the ruling was not limited to teachers. Can't speak to what your union told your dad. There are some limitations about speech related to work, but that sounds like a more extreme version than I'm aware of being upheld. Can speak to laws about striking even less.
- tingletech 8y agopoint being teachers are not federal US Government employees, they work for a subdivision of the state. A ruling about teachers seems like it might be not too relevant to Federal workers. This web pages links to a PDF with a handy flow chart from the ACLU outlining when Federal employee might have restricted speech https://www.acludc.org/en/know-your-rights/know-your-rights-federal-employee-speech-first-amendment https://www.acludc.org/en/know-your-rights/know-your-rights-...