Why Janus cuts so deep: Workers must opt-in to pay union fees

Published June 28, 2018 2:18pm ET



Amid the hubbub of Justice Anthony Kennedy’s announcement Wednesday, you might have missed just how bitter and sad the cries of union leaders became over the Janus v. AFSCME decision. And one important aspect of the ruling may have been neglected.

Janus, of course, barred public sector unions from collecting money from nonconsenting government workers who did not want to union members. But the real gut-punch comes in the last passage of the opinion, pertaining to its implementation.

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