Opinion ID: 2995649
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Heading: Initiation Fees and Union Dues

Text: In the instant case, we find that the Union’s offer to reduce initiation fees and dues for River City employees does not offend the principles set forth by Savair. The Union’s offer was extended to all employees unconditionally without distinction between [employees] joining the union before or after the election. Deming Division, Crane Co., 225 N.L.R.B. at 659. Furthermore, the reduction of union fees and dues operated as a removal of an artificial obstacle to River City employees joining the Union, rather than as an affirmative attempt to influence voting (e.g., providing cash or in-kind items to employees during an election campaign). See, e.g., Owens-Illinois, Inc., 271 N.L.R.B. 1235 (1984) (union’s gift of jackets to employees, between voting sessions on election day, amounted to objectionable conduct which could have appeared as a reward or an inducement to vote for the union).