Public Employees Seek Retroactive Compensation From Unions

Plaintiff Mark Janus passes in front of the U.S. Supreme Court after a hearing in Washington on Feb. 26, 2018. Plaintiffs in California and Washington are seeking to expand the Supreme Court's ruling in his challenge to compulsory union dues. Alex Wong/Getty Images

Home-care workers and teachers are looking to walk through the gate opened by the Supreme Court decision on Janus v. AFSCME and collect dues previously taken from them by unions.

In the Janus decision, the Supreme Court ruled that forcing public employees to pay a union’s “agency fees” violated their First Amendment right to free speech.