Intuitively, court employees in California, an in-home caregiver in Washington State, and public employees in Oregon have little in common.

But each is among a list of public servants whose credible allegations of government union misconduct will be reviewed by the United States Supreme Court during its opening conference on Monday, September 30.

In 2018, the Supreme Court’s decision in Janus v. AFSCME held that the First Amendment prohibits government employers from requiring public employees to pay mandatory union fees. Before a public servant becomes a union member, the Court ruled, an employee must clearly and affirmatively consent to dues payments.

But in the years since Janus, Big Labor has resorted to narrow dues revocation windows, forged membership cards, and other coercive habits to counteract a downturn in union membership.