No individual shall be required as a condition of employment or continuance of employment to pay any fee, assessment, or other sum of money whatsoever to a labor organization.
(Ga. L. 1947, p. 616, § 3.)
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
Union shop agreement.
- A union shop agreement between a railroad and a union is enforceable in Georgia in light of the amendment to the federal Railway Labor Act, 45 U.S.C. § 151 et seq., authorizing union shop agreements notwithstanding any state right to work law. 1970 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 70-12.
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 48A Am. Jur. 2d, Labor and Labor Relations, §§ 1655 et seq., 1671.
C.J.S.- 51 C.J.S., Labor Relations, § 110 et seq.
ALR.
- Closed shops and closed unions, 160 A.L.R. 918.
Refusal of member of labor union to pay assessment imposed by it for purposes of promoting or defeating contemplated legislation as ground for suspension or expulsion, 175 A.L.R. 397.
Rights in union label, shop card, or other insignia denoting union shop or workmanship, 42 A.L.R.2d 709.
Procedural rights of union members in union disciplinary proceedings - modern state cases, 79 A.L.R.4th 941.
Validity, construction, and application of state right-to-work provisions, 105 A.L.R.5th 243.