U.S. Supreme Court,
Labor/Employment
Oct. 9, 2015
The end of public unions?
This term, the Supreme Court will consider two significant labor law policy issues with broad ramifications.
William B. Gould IV
Charles A. Beardsley Professor of Law, Emeritus
Stanford Law School
William is the former chairman of the National Labor Relations Board and chairman of the California Agricultural Labor Relations Board.
In Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, the Supreme Court will consider this term two significant labor law policy issues with broad ramifications. The questions presented to the court are (1) whether a 38-year-old precedent, Abood v. Detroit Board of Education, 431 US 209 (1977), should be overruled and so-called "agency shop" or "fair share" agreements requiring the payment of dues as condition of employment declared invalid in...
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