Under Federal law, employees cannot be required to join a union or maintain
membership in a union in order to retain their jobs. Under certain conditions,
the law permits a union and an employer to enter into a union-security agreement
requiring employees to pay uniform periodic dues and initiation fees. However,
employees who are not union members can object to the use of their payments for
certain purposes and can only be required to pay their share of union costs relating
to collective bargaining, contract administration, and grievance adjustment.
If you do not want to pay that portion of dues or fees used to support activities not
related to collective bargaining, contract administration, or grievance adjustment, you
are entitled to an appropriate reduction in your payment. If you believe that you
have been required to pay dues or fees used in part to support activities not related
to collective bargaining, contract administration, or grievance adjustment, you may be
entitled to a refund and to an appropriate reduction in future payments.
EMPLOYEES
For further information concerning your rights, you may wish to contact the
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) either at one of its Regional offices or at
the following address or toll-free number:
National Labor Relations Board
Division of Information
1099 14th Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20570
1-866-667-6572
1-866-315-6572 (TTY)
To locate the nearest NLRB office, see NLRB's website at
NLRB :: National Labor Relations Board.
NOTICE TO You can download copies of this poster from
Office of Labor Management Standards (OLMS) - Employment Standards Administration - U.S. Department of Labor, send a
request to
[email protected], or call 1-866-4-USA-DOL.
U.S. Department of Labor
Employment Standards Administration
Washington, D.C. 20210
This Notice is required to be posted by
Executive Order 13201, which was signed by President
George W. Bush on February 17, 2001.