Court Opinion

ID: 9496163
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 16:19:09.031611+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:57:23.698915
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HARTZ, Circuit Judge,
concurring.
I concur in the opinion on the understanding that the permit fee was mandatory (although the fee could be checked off only with the employee’s consent). This was the NLRB’s view; its opinion below stated:
1. “The Union has established a ‘permit fee’ to be paid by new employees in the ‘inside’ unit during the second and third months of their employment.” 381 NLRB 1116,1120.
2. “[T]he permit fee resembles [an initiation] fee because it represents an amount the employee must pay the Union prior to becoming a member.” Id. at 1122 (emphasis added).