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Illinois government employee Mark Janus walks outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. The Supreme Court is taking up a case that could deal a painful financial blow to organized labor. The court is considering a challenge to an Illinois law that allows unions representing government employees to collect fees from workers who choose not to join.

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A Janus victory could open up more legal and legislative questions

Akash Chougule · June 24, 2018 1:26 am

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California Democrats try to shield unions from potential Janus fallout

David Freddoso · June 6, 2018 6:14 pm

Rocky Mountains branch of Planned Parenthood accused of union-busting

Sean Higgins · May 24, 2018 9:00 pm

Several hundred Teamsters union members participate in a 2015 rally at the University of California Los Angeles. The Teamsters and other labor unions said Wednesday the Supreme Court's decision barring mandatory union fees at government agencies is likely to lead to long-lasting harm for workers at private companies.

Unions give $1.3 billion to Democrats, liberal groups since 2010

Sean Higgins · May 17, 2018 8:05 pm

SEIU Local 1 union members protest for an increase in the minimum wage on Nov. 29, 2016, at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport in Romulus, Mich.

SEIU slashes funding for $15 minimum wage movement

Sean Higgins · April 3, 2018 9:09 pm

California state Sen. Kevin de Leon is challenging incumbent Sen. Dianne Feinstein for her seat in Congress in Washington. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

SEIU in California backs Kevin de Leon in primary race against Sen. Dianne Feinstein

Diana Stancy Correll · February 14, 2018 3:07 am

Service Employees International Union Local 500 has been trying for about a year to organize the Council of American-Islamic Relations and has claimed that CAIR is involved in "union-busting." CAIR spokesman Ibrahim Hooper (pictured center) has said the claim was "meritless." (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

CAIR wins first round in fight against union organizing bid

Sean Higgins · January 2, 2018 5:36 pm

In mid-December, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., endorsed legislation that would create a new Treasury Department agency called the Pension Rehabilitation Administration that would provide 30-year loans at low interest rates to shore up failing pension plans. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Democrats hope to undo bipartisan 2014 fix for troubled pension plans

Sean Higgins · January 2, 2018 5:01 am

In this photo from Sept. 4, 2017, members of the Service Employees International Union, SEIU, gather for a Labor Day rally in downtown Los Angeles. The SEIU works with traditional unions, but it also partners with worker centers that operate just outside of federal labor law, allowing them to recruit and organize in a manner that traditional union organizers cannot. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

The blurry line between worker centers and unions

Heather Greenaway · December 28, 2017 5:01 am

A self-described "government and industry watchdog organization" has been sharply critical of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and his efforts to rollback Obama-era regulations. (Steve Marcus/Las Vegas Sun via AP)

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A phony green ‘watchdog’ group is attacking Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke

Kevin Mooney · December 22, 2017 6:34 pm

While publicly claiming to fight for working women, the SEIU appears to have been part of the very problem it decried. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

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Recent allegations of sexual misconduct lead to ousting of four SEIU officials

Emily Jashinsky · November 6, 2017 3:14 pm

SEIU union members protest for an increase in the minimum wage. SEIU fired one of the lead architects of its $15 minimum wage campaign, stating that he violated the union's ethics rules regarding nepotism. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Unions suspends $15 minimum wage advocate over nepotism charges

Sean Higgins · October 19, 2017 5:46 pm