Legal Opinion
Abood v. Detroit Board of Education
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 27, 1977No. 75-1153PublishedCited by 1,154 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stewart
The State of Michigan has enacted legislation authorizing a system for union representation of local governmental employees. A union and a local government employer are specifically permitted to agree to an “agency shop” arrangement, whereby every employee represented by a union— even though not a union member — must pay to the union, as a condition of employment, a service fee equal in amount to union dues. The issue before us is whether this arrangement violates the constitutional rights of government employees who object to public-sector unions as such or to various union activities…
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