After Janus, Union Withdraws Right to Work Challenge

The recent decision by SCOTUS in the Janus case, where the court ruled that public employees could not be forced to pay fair share fees to public employee unions is already having an impact on private sector unions. In Idaho last week, the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) asked the US Court of Appeals…

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SCOTUS Decides Janus as Expected

On the very last day of its 2018 session, the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) rendered its decision in the matter of Janus v AFSCME as expected, ruling that government mandates for the payment of “fair share fees” by public employees who may not want to belong to the union violates the employee’s First Amendment guarantee…

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