Public-Sector Workers No Longer Forced to Pay Involuntary Union Dues
20 July 2018
Timothy Lee, CFIF's Senior Vice President of Legal and Public Affairs, discusses the Supreme Court’s Janus v. AFSCME decision, how public-sector workers will no longer be required to pay involuntary membership dues to unions and what the decision means for First Amendment freedoms of speech and association.
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