Nebraska State Afl-Cio v. The State of Nebraska, Nebraska Association of Commerce and Industry, Intervenor

The plaintiff in this action, appellant here, is the Nebraska State AFL-CIO. It alleged in its original complaint below that it is an “unincorporated association”. Although nothing appears of record to tell us who its members are, we were advised by counsel during oral argument that it is essentially a federation of local unions situated in Nebraska. It asks the Court to determine that a 1961 revision of the Nebraska statute commonly known as the “right-to-work” law is constitutionally invalid. It asserts such invalidity under the Nebraska constitution, the United States Constitution, and §…