Case Categories: Right to Work Laws

• Abood v. Detroit Board of Education (1977)

  Abood v. Detroit Board of Education (1977) said that requiring government employees to pay union dues that weren't used for political purposes did not violate...

• American Federation of Labor v. American Sash and Door Co. (1949)

  American Federation of Labor v. American Sash and Door Co. (1949) upheld a right-to-work amendment to the Arizona constitution against First Amendment...

• Harris v. Quinn (2014)

  In Harris v. Quinn (2014), the Supreme Court dealt with the First Amendment issues of requiring personal care workers in Illinois to join a union against their...

• International Association of Machinists v. Street (1961)

  International Association of Machinists v. Street (1961) overturned a decision that declared the union-shop provisions of the Railway Labor Act of 1926...

• Lincoln Federal Labor Union v. Northwestern Iron and Metal Co. (1949)

  In Lincoln Federal Labor Union v. Northwestern Iron and Metal Co. (1949), the Supreme Court upheld anti-closed shop laws against a First Amendment challenge...

• Locke v. Karass (2009)

  Locke v. Karass (2009) said that as long as union litigation was related to collective bargaining, charging nonmembers for national litigation did not violate...

• Railway Employees' Department v. Hanson (1956)

  Railway Employees' Department v. Hanson (1956) ruled that the Railway Labor Act's provision for union shops was not a violation of the First Amendment's right...