Mark Janus | June 23, 2026
(Washington Examiner)
On June 27, 2018, the Supreme Court decided Janus v. AFSCME, overturning Abood v. Detroit Board of Education and restoring First Amendment rights to millions of public-sector workers. The decision was simple but profound: Government employees cannot be forced to subsidize a union as a condition of public employment. They have the right to decide for themselves whether union membership is worth their money. They can say yes to a union just as freely as they can say no.
Eight years later, however, many unions still seem unwilling to accept that choice. As the plaintiff in Janus, I have often wondered why unions rely on subterfuge to retain members. If they offered a valuable product, wouldn’t workers voluntarily choose to join? Wouldn’t they compete for members by proving their worth?
Instead, many public-sector unions continue to make it difficult for workers to learn about their rights, leave the union, or challenge the union’s control over their workplace.
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