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Do Project Labor Agreements Have a Future After the Janus Decision?
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
management report for nonunion organizations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1530-8286
pISSN - 0745-4880
DOI - 10.1002/mare.30551
Subject(s) - janus , government (linguistics) , constitution , supreme court , business , labor union , law and economics , law , labour economics , economics , political science , philosophy , linguistics , materials science , nanotechnology
The U.S. Supreme Court's 2018 decision in Janus v. AFSCME held that government employers cannot require their employees to provide financial support to unions as a condition of their employment. To do so, the court held, violates those employees' First Amendment rights under the U.S. Constitution. The Janus decision effectively negates union security clauses that require government employees covered by labor contracts to pay union fees. It has been widely regarded as weakening the strength of unions that maintain contracts with government employers.