Opinion ID: 1351389
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 14

Heading: Free Association.

Text: Master Builders also argues that the PLA forces non-union contractors to affiliate with union contractors in contravention of the non-union contractors' right to not associate with particular persons. U.S. Const. amend. I; see also Roberts v. U.S. Jaycees, 468 U.S. 609, 623, 104 S.Ct. 3244, 3252, 82 L.Ed.2d 462, 475 (1984). Although a measure of the PLA incorporates provisions that may be seen by some as union practices, we do not believe that the PLA prevents the appellants from freely expressing their `merit shop philosophy' and opposition to unions, nor does it coerce `pro-union' expressions or association. San Francisco Airports Comm'n, 87 Cal.Rptr.2d 654, 981 P.2d at 517. Contractor members of the appellant organizations may feel disinclined to bid or do work under the provisions of the PLA, but the First Amendment does not oblige the government to minimize the financial repercussions of such a choice. Id. (citing Lyng v. Int'l Union, U. Auto., Aerospace, & Agric. Implement Workers of Am., UAW, 485 U.S. 360, 368, 108 S.Ct. 1184, 1190-91, 99 L.Ed.2d 380, 389-90 (1988)). The adoption of the PLA does not impinge on the appellants' free association rights.