Janus v. State, County, and Municipal Employees

The Supreme Court decided that the First Amendment does not allow a state to require public employees who do not join a union to pay agency fees for collective bargaining. The case came from Illinois, where Mark Janus said those fees made him support union speech he disagreed with.

The case was argued on Feb. 26, 2018, and decided on June 27, 2018, but the prompt does not provide the vote count or opinion lineup.

This affects teachers, police officers, clerks, and other state and local workers in unionized public workplaces. A worker who refuses union membership can no longer be required to pay fees just to cover bargaining costs.

The Court has finished this case. States, public employers, and unions had to adjust their fee policies to match the decision.

He said Illinois could not force a nonmember public employee to pay union agency fees. He argued that requirement violated the First Amendment.

Nonmembers in public jobs cannot be required to pay agency fees for collective bargaining. That matters to workers like teachers or clerks who object to union positions.

The Supreme Court finished the case on June 27, 2018. Public employers and unions then had to follow the new rule on agency fees.