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Friedrichs v CTA – A Potential Union Killer
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 July 28, 2015 | WORKERS’ VOICE | talkingunion.wordpress.com In the term that will begin this fall, the court has a splendid opportunity to deliver the most partisan decision it has rendered dine Bush v Gore… Friedrich v. California Teachers Association is a case brought by a California teacher who objects to paying dues to the union that has bargained the contract that secures her pay and benefits. The union does not collect any money from her to support its political activities, but, by virtue of the court’s 1977 Abood decision, and hundreds of later decisions based on Abood, she is obliged to pay that portion of her dues that goes to bargaining and administering her contract. That obligation, the court ruled in Abood, is essential if public employees are to have an effective right to collective bargaining. If employees can benefit from union representation without funding the union, the court reasoned, the union could be weakened to the point that it couldn’t represent those employees adequately, if, indeed, at all. Last year, however, in an opinion breathtaking for its chutzpah, Justice Samuel Alito invited union opponents to bring a challenge to Abood before the court. Full story…
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