What Does the ‘Janus’ Decision Mean for Working Women?
By stripping unions of the "fair share" fees that allow all workers to be covered by unions' powerful legal power, SCOTUS has once again left the most vulnerable workers out to dry.
Sarah Jaffe
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Sarah Jaffe is a reporting fellow at the Nation Institute and the author of NECESSARY TROUBLE: AMERICANS IN REVOLT. She is the co-host of Dissent magazine's "Belabored" podcast, a contributor to publications including The New York Times, The Nation, The New Republic, and many more. She is currently at work on a book about the exploitation we face when we are told to love our jobs.
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