Any provision in a contract between an employer and a labor organization which requires as a condition of employment or continuance of employment that any individual be or remain a member or an affiliate of a labor organization or that any individual pay any fee, assessment, or other sum of money whatsoever to a labor organization is declared to be contrary to the public policy of this state; and any such provision in any such contract heretofore or hereafter made shall be absolutely void.
(Ga. L. 1947, p. 616, § 4.)
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.
- 48 Am. Jur. 2d, Labor and Labor Relations, §§ 10, 11.
C.J.S.- 51 C.J.S., Labor Relations, §§ 12, 101 et seq. 51A C.J.S., Labor Relations, §§ 311, 321 et seq.
ALR.
- Validity and effect of statutes restricting remedy by injunction in industrial disputes, 35 A.L.R. 460; 97 A.L.R. 1333; 106 A.L.R. 361; 120 A.L.R. 316; 124 A.L.R. 751; 127 A.L.R. 868; 150 A.L.R. 819.
Closed shops and closed unions, 160 A.L.R. 918.
Collective bargaining agreement discriminating against certain employees as infringement of their rights, 172 A.L.R. 1351.
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.
Right of union rival of collective bargaining agent union to act for individual employee or group of employees as regards grievances, 9 A.L.R.2d 696.
Legality of, and injunction against, peaceful picketing to force employees to join union or to compel employer to enter into a contract which would in effect compel them to do so, in the absence of a dispute between employer and employees as to terms or conditions of employment, 11 A.L.R.2d 1338.
Rights in union label, shop card, or other insignia denoting union shop or workmanship, 42 A.L.R.2d 709.