UAW v. GREEN

Docket No. 147700, Calendar No. 1.

870 N.W.2d 867 (2015)

498 Mich. 282

UAW, v. GREEN.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided July 29, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Wertheimer , Bingham Farms, for all plaintiffs.

Michael B. Nicholson , Buchanan and Ava R. Barbour, Detroit, for International Union UAW and Local 6000.

Sachs Waldman, PC (by Andrew Nickelhoff and Mami Kato , Royal Oak), for SEIU Local 517M and the Michigan Corrections Organization.

Fraser Trebilcock Davis & Dunlap, PC, Lansing (by Michael E. Cavanaugh and Brandon W. Zuk ), for the Michigan State Employees Association.

Bill Schuette , Attorney General, Aaron D. Lindstrom , Solicitor General, and Ann M. Sherman and Margaret A. Nelson , Assistant Attorneys General, for all defendants.

Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, PLC, Lansing (by Michael J. Hodge and Scott R. Eldridge ), for the Michigan Civil Service Commission.

Dykema Gossett PLLC, Lansing, (by Gary P. Gordon , Leonard C. Wolfe , and Courtney F. Kissel ) and Warner Norcross & Judd LLP, Grand Rapids , (by John J. Bursch ) for the Michigan Chamber of Commerce.

Patrick J. Wright and Derk A. Wilcox for the Mackinac Center Legal Foundation.

John N. Raudabaugh for Thomas Haxby.


The Civil Service Commission's rules allow public collective bargaining agreements that require collection of a mandatory service fee, also known as an "agency shop fee," from union-eligible employees who opt out of union membership. Civ. Serv. R. 6-7.2. Although we conclude that public collective bargaining is a method by which the...

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