fees to unions by workers who object to the union is a violation of their First Amendment rights. The court ruled that Abood had erroneously interpreted First Amendment principles and was not supportable by stare decisis. The Abood arguments in favor of labor peace and avoiding free loaders does not justify the infringement upon worker's First Amendment rights. The Court also affirmatively stated that public-sector unions may not deduct any fees from nonmember's paychecks without the worker affirmatively consenting to said fee. Post-Janus litigation The Foundation is representing public-sector workers across the country in multiple lawsuits seeking to protect the right to refuse to financially support a union secured by Janus. Some states enacted legislation making it difficult for workers to leave a union by limiting opt-out windows and making it difficult for workers to learn of or assert their Janus rights. This spurred dozens of post-Janus lawsuits. The Foundation is representing workers in various lawsuits seeking refund of pre-Janus fees paid, challenging exclusive representation, and seeking to extend the above rights to private sector workers. List of U.S. Supreme Court cases The Foundation has represented employees in the following cases decided by the Supreme Court of the United States: 1977 - Abood v. Detroit Board of Education, 431 U.S. 209 1984 - Ellis v. Railway Clerks, 466 U.S. 435 1985 - Pattern Makers v. NLRB, 473 U.S. 95 1986 - Teachers v. Hudson, 475 U.S. 292 1988 - Communications Workers of America v. Beck, 487 U.S. 735 1991 - Lehnert v. Ferris Faculty Association, 500 U.S. 507 1998 - Air Line Pilots v. Miller, 523 U.S. 866 1998 - Marquez v. Screen Actors, 525 U.S. 33 2007 - Davenport v. Washington Education Association, 551 U.S. 177 2008 - Locke v. Karass, 555 U.S. 207 (2009) 2012 - Knox v. SEIU, 567 U.S. 298 (2012) 2013 - Mulhall v. UNITE HERE, 571 US ___ (2013) 2014 - Harris v. Quinn, 573 U.S. ___ (2014) 2018 - Janus v. AFSCME, 585 U.S. ___ (2018) See also Art Wittich Dark Money (film) References External links National Right to Work Committee National Institute for Labor Relations Research Organizational Profile – National Center for Charitable Statistics (Urban Institute) https://myjanusrights.org/ Legal advocacy organizations in the United States Political and economic research foundations in the United States Conservatism in the United States Right to work