International Ass'n of Machinists v. Street explained

Litigants:Machinists v. Street
Arguedate:April 21
Argueyear:1960
Rearguedatea:January 17
Rearguedateb:18
Reargueyear:1961
Decidedate:June 19
Decideyear:1961
Fullname:International Association of Machinists, et al. v. Street, et al.
Usvol:367
Uspage:740
Parallelcitations:81 S. Ct. 1784; 6 L. Ed. 2d 1141; 1961 U.S. LEXIS 1997
Prior:Appeal from the Supreme Court of Georgia
Holding:A union may constitutionally compel contributions from dissenting nonmembers in an agency shop only for the costs of performing the union's statutory duties as exclusive bargaining agent.
Plurality:Brennan
Joinplurality:Warren, Clark, Stewart
Concurrence:Douglas
Concurrence/Dissent:Whittaker
Dissent:Black
Dissent2:Frankfurter
Joindissent2:Harlan

International Association of Machinists v. Street, 367 U.S. 740 (1961), was a United States labor law decision by the United States Supreme Court on labor union freedom to make collective agreements with employers to enroll workers in union membership, or collect fees for the service of collective bargaining.

Judgment

The Supreme Court held that "a union may constitutionally compel contributions from dissenting nonmembers in an agency shop only for the costs of performing the union's statutory duties as exclusive bargaining agent."

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