Battle for union members goes to the states

The Supreme Court’s 2018 Janus v. AFSCME ruling, expected to be a major blow to public sector unions, has set off a battle at the state level between government unions and conservative groups over for workers’ hearts and minds.

The ruling, which held that public sector workers could not be forced to join or otherwise financially support a union as a condition of employment, was expected to drain the labor movement of revenues as workers decided to opt-out of contributing, thereby hurting the Democratic Party and the political Left. So far, unions have managed to hold on to their members.