Supreme Court will take public sector union case
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On their last day in session this term, the Supreme Court justices agreed to hear the case Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association. The plaintiffs are challenging the public-sector “agency shop” arrangements that were validated by the Supreme Court decision Abood v. Detroit Board of Education in 1977.
The case is seen as an avenue to allow the Court to overturn its Abood decision. While the Court does not often overturn its previous decisions, the Abood decision is seen as ripe for review. Just last year, in Harris v. Quinn, the Court ruled that the First Amendment prohibited the collection of agency fees from the plaintiffs and hinted that they would be willing to go further if the right case came before them.
The Friedrichs case brings the legality of agency shop arrangements to the forefront. Under agency shop, all employees in a workplace pay union fees, even if they are not members of the union. The first time agency shop was extended to government workers was in 1977 with the Abood decision. The theory behind allowing unions to collect these fees is to prevent a free rider problem of workers gaining union benefits without paying fees.
Normally, non-union members fees can only be paid for actual union workplace costs, not union lobbying activities. These workplace costs include collective bargaining, administering union contracts, and following internal grievance procedures.
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It could have huge effects beyond the case if the Court does overturn Abood. If unions can no longer force government employees to pay agency fees, much of their financial support would diminish. With unions increasingly reliant on public employees for support as private union membership diminishes, a favorable ruling for the plaintiffs could greatly diminish the political clout of unions across the nation.
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