Fed Court Flips NLRB Ruling -- Nonunion Workers' Won't Pay Union Fees!

A federal appeals court ruled nonunion workers should not be required to pay union organizing fees, an overturning of an earlier decision by the National Labor Relations Board. "We hold that organizational activity is not necessary for the union's performance of its duties as the exclusive representative of the employees," the unanimous three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Thursday. "To require nonmember employees to fund such activity is not authorized." Thousands of labor contracts require workers who choose not to join the union representing them to pay fees similar to what union members pay in dues.

Source: Associated Press FindLaw.com May 31, 2001 http://news.findlaw.com/ap/l/0000/5-18-2001/20010518075059400.html


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