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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 … Continue reading
Posted in NLRA, NLRB, Pay, Unions
| Tagged Checkoff, Checkoff Authorization, Dues Deduction, GC 19-04, Memo, Memorandum, Region 28, Union Dues
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Extraction of Agency Fees from Non-Consenting Public Employees is Unconstitutional
In Janus v AFSCME , U.S. No. 16-1466, the Supreme Court held on June 27, 2018 that States and public sector unions may no longer extract agency fees from non-consenting employees. Such extractions violate the employees’ First Amendment right to … Continue reading
Posted in NLRA, NLRB, Unions
| Tagged AFSCME, Agency Fees, First Amendment, Free Speech, Janus, Public Sector, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Union Dues
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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 … Continue reading
Posted in NLRA, NLRB
| Tagged Checkoff, Checkoff Authorization, D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, Dues Deduction, Union Dues, Unions
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Workplace Word: The U.S. Supreme Court and the “Fate of the Union”
Check out the latest edition of Snell & Wilmer’s Workplace Word – see here. This edition explores the recent oral argument before the U.S. Supreme Court concerning whether nonunion employees working in the public sector should have to pay partial … Continue reading
Posted in Unions
| Tagged AFSCME, First Amendment, Gorsuch, Illinois, Labor, Seventh Circuit, Union Dues
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