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Celebrating Janus v. AFSCME – and worker freedom – five years later Stay and Fight with Matt Paprocki

    • Politics

Five years ago, on June 27, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court justices issued a landmark ruling that forever freed government workers from having to pay forced union fees as a condition of their employment. Join Mailee Smith, senior director of labor policy and staff attorney for the Illinois Policy Institute; Jacob Huebert, president of the Liberty Justice Center and co-counsel of the lawsuit; and Mark Janus, plaintiff and former Illinois state worker, in commemorating the anniversary of this victory.

Five years ago, on June 27, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court justices issued a landmark ruling that forever freed government workers from having to pay forced union fees as a condition of their employment. Join Mailee Smith, senior director of labor policy and staff attorney for the Illinois Policy Institute; Jacob Huebert, president of the Liberty Justice Center and co-counsel of the lawsuit; and Mark Janus, plaintiff and former Illinois state worker, in commemorating the anniversary of this victory.

40 min