Public Sector Unions Brace for Legal Threats at Supreme Court

Public sector unions will soon discover if they’ll face major threats this term at the U.S. Supreme Court, as they await word on whether the justices will hear cases that could devastate union coffers and eliminate a union right that’s fundamental to labor relations in the U.S.

Conservative advocacy groups have asked the justices to consider two types of legal claims that have been rejected by every lower court to rule on them thus far. The claims attempt to extend the high court’s 2018 ruling in Janus v. AFSCME, which banned public sector unions from requiring nonmembers to pay ...