Home
Search
Site Map
About Us
Contribute
Religious Liberty and Compulsory Unionism: A Worker's Guide to Using Union Dues for Charity
By
Mr. Mark Fischer
and
Mr. Robert P. Hunter
/ Posted: June 7, 2000
Many employees in unionized workplaces do not know that if they harbor religious objections to joining, financing, or otherwise associating with labor unions, they have legal recourse if their union or employer or both violate those rights. This report explains the statutes and developing case law that protect religious employees' freedom of conscience in the workplace by allowing them to refrain from union membership and divert their compulsory dues to a charity of their choice.
Contents
Executive Summary
Introduction: Unions and Religious Liberty
Part I: Title VII-First Line of Defense for Religious Objectors to Forced Union Membership, Dues, or Agency Fees
Title VII Protections and Religion
How the Courts Have Handled Employees' Religious Objections to Union Membership under Title VII
First Amendment Challenges to Forced Union Membership
Title VII Challenges: Compulsory Unionism vs. Employees' Religious Beliefs
Yott v. North American Rockwell Corp.
Cooper v. General Dynamics Convair Aerospace Div.
Trans World Airlines v. Hardison
McDaniel v. Essex International, Inc.
Burns v. Southern Pacific Transportation Co.
Other Union-Related, Religion-Based Objections
How Workers Can Put Title VII Protections into Action
Establishing a Title VII Religious Discrimination Claim
The Basic Procedure for Making Religious Discrimination Charges under Title VII
Part II: Religious Objectors under the National Labor Relations Act
Religious Objectors in Health-Care Industry Gain Protection under NLRA
Congress Attempts to Expand NLRA Protections to All Religious Objectors
Part III: The Beck Case Offers Partial Relief to Religious Objectors
Conclusion
Appendix I: Organizations to Contact for Help
Appendix II: Sample Employee Beck Letter
Endnotes
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
ISBN: 1-890624-21-7
SKU: S2000-03
Category:
Labor
Publication:
Study
Next page:
Executive Summary
Download PDF of the entire publication
More by Mr. Mark Fischer
Deauthorization: The Union Workers' Trump Card
Michigan's Prevailing Wage Act: Will Common Sense Prevail?
More by Mr. Robert P. Hunter
Contract Out School Services Before Laying Off Teachers
Will Michigan Have its First Unionized Parochial High School?
Related Articles
Right-to-Work States Outpacing Michigan
TEA Party Activists Can Keep Their Momentum
A First Step
The Eternal Struggle
You may also enjoy ...
Cigarette Taxes and Smuggling
Mackinac Center Media
MichiganScience No. 9
The Inspiring Story of Thomas Clarkson
This Week at Mackinac
Independent Thoughts — A new film about Iran and the Fourth of July.
Pop Quiz — Are tax-funded college scholarships necessary?
Michigan Education Digest — Concessions, home-school numbers, DPS bankruptcy.
Classics
Universal Tuition Tax Credits are the best way to advance school choice
Is the Michigan Education Association helping or hurting schools and students?
Seven Principles of Sound Public Policy
Six Habits of Fiscally Responsible School Districts
Michigan Privatization Report
Transforming Michigan’s economy
Michigan Education Report
Great Myths of the Great Depression
The high cost of remedial education
With Clear Eyes, Sincere Hearts and Open Minds: A Second Look at Public Education in America
