D Louis Abood Case Study

Moving to the future, in the year 1976 a man by the name D. Louis Abood brought forth a case against the Detroit Board of Education to the Supreme Court. This case was originally brought to court on the grounds that “the public school teachers in Detroit wanted to overturn the requirement that they pay fees equivalent to union does on the ground that they opposed public sector collective bargaining and objected to the political activities of the union.” The court found that “non-members may be assessed dues for collective bargaining, contract administration, and grievance adjustment purposes.” The court made its decision based on the facts of the previous case of International Association of Machinists v. Street, as well as other cases heard