A year after the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that public-employee unions can no longer collect agency-fee payments from nonmembers, just 45 members have opted out of District Council 37 while the giant civilian-employee union has gained 14,000 new dues-payers.
Since the 5-4 decision in Janus v. AFSCME late last June, 14,154 non-members have signed up to join DC 37, according to the union. That figure includes both former agency-fee payers and new city employees who signed union cards by June 28.
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