New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and New York City have filed amicus briefs in a case headed to the U.S. Supreme Court to support the ability of labor unions to collect mandatory fees.

Schneiderman filed the friend-of-the-court brief in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, 14-915, to support unions’ ability to collect “agency fees”—which can be levied upon employees who opt not to join a union—on behalf of 20 states and the District of Columbia (see also New York City’s amicus brief).

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