Unions Take Another Hit

COURT: UNION MUST GIVE FEE INCREASE NOTICE

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AP 6/21/2012 2:12:50 PM
(AP) Court: Union must give fee increase notice
WASHINGTON
The Supreme Court says a union must give nonmembers an immediate chance to object to unexpected fee increases that all workers are required to pay in closed-shop situations.

The court on Thursday ruled for Dianne Knox and other nonmembers of the Service Employees International Union‘s Local 1000, who wanted to object and opt out of a $12 million special assessment the union required from its California public sector members. Knox and others said the union did not give them a legally required notice that the increase was coming.

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