Labor and Employment Law Blog

Union Dues Checkoff: Update from NLRB

A recent Memorandum issued by the General Counsel (GC) of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) (GC 19-04, February 22, 2019), discusses issues of importance to all employers and in particular to employers that have union contracts that provide for union dues-checkoff. In the Memorandum, the GC reminds the NLRB Regions that the Labor Management […]

March 14, 2019 | 3 min read | Tagged: Checkoff, Checkoff Authorization, Dues Deduction, GC 19-04, Memo, Memorandum, Region 28, Union Dues

Jerry Morales Of Counsel

Unilaterally Imposed Restrictions on Employees Right to Revoke Union Dues Deduction Authorizations (Checkoff) are Unlawful

On May 8, 2018, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, by a unanimous panel, upheld the NLRB decision that restrictions imposed unilaterally by an IBEW local union on employees right to revoke union dues checkoff authorizations were unlawful. See Local 58 v. NLRB, No. 17-1058 (D.C. Cir.2018) Section 302(c)(4) of the National Labor Relations Act […]

May 11, 2018 | 2 min read | Tagged: Checkoff, Checkoff Authorization, D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, Dues Deduction, Union Dues, Unions

Jerry Morales Of Counsel