Supreme Court Union Ruling Could Energize Both Sides in Fight Over Civil Service Reform

Government Executive: The Supreme Court’s decision Wednesday morning to invalidate state and local public sector unions’ authority to collect “agency fees” from non-member employees could further entrench both sides in the debate over the future of collective bargaining in the federal sector.

Although the 5-4 decision in Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 31 only directly impacts public sector unions at the state and local level—federal employee unions already are barred from collecting dues or fees from nonmembers—federal union officials have decried the ruling in solidarity with affected unions.

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