Unions at Public Colleges

Supreme Court to Consider Case That Could Upend Unions at Public Colleges

Andy Thomason | June 30, 2015

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday decided to take a case that could upend how unions are financed at public colleges. The New York Times reports that the court will hear arguments in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, which was brought by public-school teachers in California who argue that being forced to pay union fees violates their First Amendment rights.

<more at http://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/supreme-court-will-consider-case-that-could-upend-unions-at-public-colleges/101337?cid=pm&utm_source=pm&utm_medium=en; related link: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/07/01/supreme-court-takes-case-could-threaten-financing-most-faculty-unions (Threat to Faculty Unions, July 1, 2015)>