High Court’s Union Fee Decision Hasn’t Expanded in Past Year

Federal courts thus far haven’t been willing to chip further away at union power in the year since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that public sector unions can’t require nonmembers to pay fees for collective bargaining and other nonpolitical expenses, according to a Bloomberg Law review of decisions.

Unions have faced dozens of lawsuits in the wake of the high court’s ruling last June in Janus v. AFSCME. The cases include class actions for refunds or damages related to previously paid fees, challenges of restrictions on when former members can stop paying dues, and bids to roll back unions’ ...