Editorial: AFSCME, engineer of its own demise

Quad City Times Editorial Board, February 28, 2018 Public employee unions might be all but toast in the U.S. Supreme Court. And it couldn’t happen soon enough for Illinois, its schools and its local governments. On Monday, justices heard arguments in Janus v. AFSCME, a potentially landmark case pitting an Illinois public…

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