A public-sector union violated the First Amendment rights of nonunion county workers it represents by making them contribute to the cost of organizing private-sector workers with whom they do not compete, a federal appellate court has ruled.

A group of Monroe County probation officers accused the Civil Service Employees Association Inc. of “seizing” union fees from their wages and using the money to pay for organizing activities that were not germane to the union’s collective bargaining function.

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