As illustrated by the Supreme Court ruling in the Beck case, where non-union workers at AT&T were required by a union to pay "agency fees," instead of union dues, to contribute to the expense of representing these workers in collective bargaining:

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Unions are not allowed to use the equivalent of dues from nonmembers, such as agency fees, for political activities, as determined by the Supreme Court in the Beck case. This ruling ensures that nonmembers are not compelled to support political activities with which they may disagree.

As Illustrated by the Supreme Court Ruling in the Beck