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U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Hear Three Post-Janus Cases Over Union Dues

Linda Jacobson
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Human Right or Federal Overreach? House Members Spar Over Legislation to Protect Public Workers

Carolyn Phenicie
Union Report

Union Report: One Year Later, It’s Clear — the Janus Effect Is Not Yet What Either Side Had Hoped for, or Feared

Mike Antonucci
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A Year After High Court Janus Ruling, New Survey Shows Most Teachers Still Don’t Know They Can Opt Out of Union Membership, Dues

Carolyn Phenicie
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Mark Janus Celebrates One-Year Anniversary of Supreme Court Win With Vow to Continue Advocating for Workers Seeking Freedom From Public Unions

Carolyn Phenicie
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It’s Been One Year Since the Supreme Court Heard the Janus Case. The Lawsuits Challenging Unions Aren’t Anywhere Near Over

Carolyn Phenicie
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Waters: These 2 Teachers Wanted to Quit Their Union — but NJ Law Wouldn’t Let Them. Now, Following the Supreme Court’s Janus Verdict, They’ve Decided to Sue

Laura Waters
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Rotherham: What Will Teachers Unions Look Like After the Supreme Court’s Janus Decision? Expect Them to Be Smaller but More Political & Hard-Core

Andrew J. Rotherham
Union Report

Analysis: Why the American Federation of Teachers Is Uniquely Vulnerable to the Supreme Court’s Janus Verdict on Mandatory Union Fees

Mike Antonucci
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‘Sticking With the Union’ in Face of Janus Ruling, AFT’s Weingarten Tells Senate Dems

Carolyn Phenicie
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Even Before the Supreme Court Ruled Against Mandatory Union Dues, 7 States Moved to Protect Unions. But Will Those New Laws Stand?

Carolyn Phenicie
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Chris Cerf: When Support Is No Longer Mandated, It Must Be Earned. How Will the Unions Rise to That Challenge Under Janus?

Chris Cerf
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Commentary: This Is a Tough Time for Teachers. What One Educator Thinks Unions Must Do to Survive Under Janus

Nicole Manning
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Four Key Points From Justice Samuel Alito’s Far-Reaching Janus Decision That Overturns 41-Year-Old Precedent on Agency Fees

Kevin Mahnken
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Kagan’s Fiery Dissent Says Supreme Court Majority Creates ‘Problem of Nightmarish Proportions’ for Nation’s Public Unions

Andrew Brownstein
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Weisberg: By Forcing Unions to Confront Some Deep-Seated Problems, Janus Loss Could Prove a Win for Them and Their Members

Daniel Weisberg
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How Big a Bite Could the Supreme Court’s Janus Ruling Take out of Teachers Unions? The NEA Is Expecting to Lose $50 Million — and Possibly 300,000 Members

The 74
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Walsh: The ‘Veil of Destitution,’ Increased Activism, and Proving Their Relevance — Union Strategies for Retaining Members Post-Janus

Kate Walsh
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Janus Ruling Reflects Public Opinion Against Mandatory Union Fees, New Poll Finds

Kate Stringer
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On Social Media, School Choice Advocates Celebrate Janus Ruling, While Critics Blame ‘Stolen’ Supreme Court Seat

Laura Fay
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Divided Supreme Court Ends Mandatory Dues and — in Further Blow to Unions — Rules Members Must Opt In

Carolyn Phenicie
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Breaking: Supreme Court Rules 5-4 Against Unions; Read Full Decision Here

The 74
Union Report

Analysis: NEA Membership Rises In Agency Fee States Where Janus Decision Would Hurt Most, Down Elsewhere

Mike Antonucci
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Exclusive: Poll Shows Nearly Two-Thirds of Americans Would Support Supreme Court Striking Down Mandatory Union Dues in Janus Case; Majority of Union Households Agree

Kate Stringer
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Understanding Janus: 14 Ways the Pivotal Supreme Court Case Could Change the Finances, Membership & Politics of Teachers Unions

The 74
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Bain v. California Teachers Association: With All Eyes on Janus & the Supreme Court, Another Union Case With Wider Implications Meets Quiet Defeat — for Now

Mario Koran
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Labor in the Age of Janus: 6 Things to Keep in Mind About American Unions on the Eve of a Pivotal Supreme Court Ruling

David Cantor
Union Report

The California Teachers Association Slashes Budget by More Than $20 Million Ahead of Janus Supreme Court Ruling, Expects to Lose 23,000 Members

Mike Antonucci
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If Janus Ruling Means Teachers No Longer Have to Join Unions, Will Breaking Away From State and National Affiliates Be a Way to Save Local Membership?

Carolyn Phenicie
Union Report

Antonucci: What If the Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Teachers Unions in the Janus Case?

Mike Antonucci
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The 74 Explains: A Supreme Court Battle Over Union Dues

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Union Report

Exclusive: Ahead of a Key Supreme Court Decision, America’s Largest Teachers Union Slashes Budget by $50 Million, Projects That 300,000 Members May Leave

Mike Antonucci
Union Report

Analysis — A Reality Check About the Education Labor Arms Race: Oklahoma & W. Virginia Are Not Game Changers. Neither Is Janus

Mike Antonucci
The Big Picture

A Turning Point for Union Research? New Study Shows a Negative Relationship Between Collective Bargaining & Boys’ Future Earnings, Career Tracks

Kevin Mahnken
The Big Picture

Analysis: How Will a Janus Ruling Impact Teachers and Unions in Each State? Data & Interactive Maps Tell the Story

Kate Walsh & Kency Nittler
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Between Victory in West Virginia and (Likely) Defeat Before the Supreme Court, Teachers Unions Find Themselves at Historic Crossroads

Kevin Mahnken
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‘It’s Rather Daunting’: Mark Janus Reflects on What It’s Like to Be the Plaintiff at the Center of a Key Supreme Court Union Dues Case

Carolyn Phenicie
Union Report

Through the Janus Looking Glass: What If Teachers Unions Respond to Lost Agency Fees by Refusing to Represent Non-Members?

Mike Antonucci
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Gorsuch Doesn’t Tip Hand in Janus Union Dues Case as Justices, Attorneys Stick to Familiar Ground

Carolyn Phenicie
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Supreme Court Transcript: Read Monday’s Complete Janus v. AFSCME Arguments at the High Court

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Understanding Janus: 7 Articles to Read as Supreme Court Hears Pivotal Case on Public Worker Union Dues

Carolyn Phenicie
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After Janus, Another Key Lawsuit Targeting Unions: How California’s Yohn Case Targets Opt-Out Rules

Carolyn Phenicie
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Korman: Mark Janus Never Sued Anyone, So How Did He Become the Face of the Year’s Biggest Court Case Involving Unions?

Hailly T.N. Korman
The Big Picture

As Union Membership Drops Among Teachers, Will Weaker States Survive Janus?

Mike Antonucci
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It’s Not Just Union Dues, It’s Collective Bargaining: Looking to States That Banned Them as Post-Janus Crystal Ball

Carolyn Phenicie
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Janus, We Hardly Knew You: Rank-and-File Union Members Remain in the Dark About a Pivotal Dues Case Headed to the Supreme Court

David Cantor
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As Oral Arguments Near in Landmark Janus Case, Both Sides Prepare for Possible End to Mandatory Union Dues

Carolyn Phenicie
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Federal Government Switches Sides, Joins Argument for Striking Down Mandatory Dues in Janus Case

Carolyn Phenicie
Union Report

Analysis: Teachers Unions Will Argue in Court That ‘Agency Fees’ Don’t Fund Political Activities. But They’re Saying Something Different to Members

Mike Antonucci
Union Report

Union Report: 8 Ways the NEA Plans to Keep Power, Money, Members If SCOTUS Ends Mandatory Dues

Mike Antonucci
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Bradford: Could the Supreme Court’s New Union Dues Case Liberate Reform-Minded Democrats to Do What’s Right for Kids?

Derrell Bradford
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Janus v. AFSCME: 5 Things to Know About the Latest Union Dues Case Headed to the High Court

Carolyn Phenicie
Union Report

Analysis: Janus Ruling Could Force Unions to Compete for Members

Mike Antonucci
Union Report

Janus v. AFSCME: Lawyers in Key Union Case Appeal to U.S. Supreme Court for 2017–18 Hearing

Mike Antonucci
Union Report

Teachers Unions Prepare for Thousands of Lost Members as New Case Moves Toward the Supreme Court

Mike Antonucci
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What SCOTUS Nominee Neil Gorsuch’s Past Rulings on Education Cases Could Mean on the High Court

Carolyn Phenicie
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