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In 1977, the Supreme Court ruled that public employees who choose not to join a certified union can be charged an 鈥渁gency fee鈥� calculated to cover the cost of negotiating and implementing the collective bargaining agreement. Such arrangements, the Court held, do not violate the First Amendment so long as other unrelated expenses 鈥� including political expenditures 鈥� are not included in the agency fee. Joining 70 other civil rights organizations, the ACLU urges the Court to reaffirm that holding in a brief that highlights how the current rule has helped promote professional and economic opportunities for women, people of color, and LGBT workers, among others.