I am not a labor lawyer but the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 also known as the Wagner Act set up the labor laws of the US; that act also created the National Labor Relations Board, the NLRB. Federal statues gave the right to a union to represent all members of the bargaining unit whether a member of the union or not. If a non-union member who is covered by a collective bargaining agreement attempted to negotiate on his or her own behalf, wages, hours, or working conditions, the union could file an unfair labor practice with the NLRB or
equivalent state labor board and would most certainly win.
What about the later enactment of Taft-Hartley? It authorizes state right to work laws. How does that bear on the alleged obligation to grease the unions?
” If a non-union member who is covered by a collective bargaining agreement attempted to negotiate on his or her own behalf, wages, hours, or working conditions, the union could file an unfair labor practice with the NLRB or
equivalent state labor board and would most certainly win.”
That’s mighty lame if you ask me. Sounds like a non-union member is a de facto union member. If I’m not a member of an organization, I shouldn’t have to care what that organization does or doesn’t do.