Foreword
At a time when the power of unions is declining across the United States, there’s still one sector of the economy where labor’s member rolls are strong — the government. In many States, public employers operate under “agency-shop agreements” — where workers are required to either join the union or pay a fee that is the equivalent of union dues. They can opt out of a portion of these charges that goes to political advocacy, not administrative costs and collective bargaining efforts, but such a decision has to be renewed on a regular basis. Now, however, the U.S. Supreme Court…
