Labor/Employment,
U.S. Supreme Court
Apr. 2, 2016
What's next for unions after Friedrichs tie?
On March 28, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed by a tie vote adherence to stare decisis, or precedent -- in this case, upholding the lawfulness of agency shop agreements.
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.
On March 28, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed by a tie vote adherence to stare decisis, or precedent - in this case, upholding the lawfulness of agency shop agreements which require non-member employees to pay dues to the union which represents them. Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, 2016 DJDAR 2988. This means that the 40-year-old decision of the Supreme Court, Abood v. Detroit Board of Education, which upholds the lawfulness of such arrangements, will remain...
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