SpeakersKen Jacobs
Chair of the UC Berkeley Labor Center
Laura Juran
Chief Counsel, California Teachers Association
Jonathan Holtzman
Founding Partner, Renne Public Law Group
ModeratorPeder Thoreen
Altshuler Berzon LLP
The panel will discuss the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Janus v. AFSCME, in which the Court overruled a 1977 decision and held that public employee unions cannot require non-members to support their union’s collective bargaining activities. The panel will discuss the broader context and other attacks on unions in the courts. The panelists will also discuss how employees, employers, and unions are responding, including recent litigation following Janus, and what implications the case may have for private sector employees.
Topics
- Janus in context: the history of agency fees and trends in the Supreme Court’s case law
- The response of employees, unions, and employers, including recent litigation following Janus
- The broader implications of the decision for public employee and private sector unions
- What practitioners should know when advising clients