Public-sector union legislation and litigation five years after Janus

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This month will mark the five-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2018 ruling in Janus v. AFSCME. In Janus, the Supreme Court held that public-sector unions may not require non-member employees to pay agency fees covering the costs of union activities, overturning precedent established in Abood v. Detroit Board of Education in 1977.

Ballotpedia began tracking public-sector union legislation ahead of the Janus decision. We started tracking public-sector union lawsuits a year later. Today, we’ll take a look at what we’ve seen over the last five years.