City union officials joined their state counterparts last week in hailing the enactment by Governor Cuomo of a law that gives public employees a strong incentive to continue paying dues or their equivalent even if the U.S. Supreme Court rules later this spring that agency-shop fees are illegal.
A case involving the Illinois affiliate of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Janus v. AFSCME, was heard by the high court earlier this year, with a decision expected in June. The plaintiff, an Illinois state worker whose legal expenses were covered by anti-union interests, claimed that it was an infringement on his First Amendment rights to pay the equivalent of dues even though he opted not to become a member of the Illinois district council.
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