Will A Lawsuit Over A Union's Alleged 'Anti-Semitism' Open The Door To Expanding Janus To The Private Sector?
If governments can be deemed "joint employers," does Janus apply to private-sector workers as well?
By Peter List, Editor | May 17, 2024
In 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Janus v. AFSCME that states and public-sector unions may no longer extract agency fees from non-consenting employees, essentially making government unions “open shop.”
Now, a federal suit brought by two public defenders who work for the publicly funded Legal Aid Society in New York City and are required to pay agency fees to the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys (ALAA), a United Auto Workers local, argues that Janus’ protections should be extended to other workplaces—including, quite possibly, private-sector workplaces in states without right-to-work laws.