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"Voluntary" Union Membership is Firmly in Place: Pattern Makers and Progeny in the '90s
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James
Dunlavey
California State University, Chico
It seems now, in the 1990s, that our courts are confirming what they believe was the congressional intent of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), i.e., that unionism<sup>1</sup> (even in the face of a contractual "union shop" clause) is voluntary and that resignation from the union to avoid the infliction of member penalties is approved. Extending from that belief, the Pattern Makers' case and its board, circuit court, and district court progeny are establishing a "financial core" status for any member, the qualifications for F.C. member still ongoing.
<i>Pattern Makers' League of North America</i>, AFL-CIO et al, v. NLRB, 473 U.S. 95, 105 S.Ct. 3064, 87 L.Ed.2d 68 (1985).
National Labor Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. ยงยง151-169 (1992).
<i>Allis Chalmers Co. v. NLRB</i>, 388 U.S. 175, 87 S.Ct. 2001, 18 L.Ed.2d 1123 (1967).
<i>Scofield v. NLRB</i>, 394 U.S. 423, 89 S.Ct. 1154, 22 L.Ed.2d 385 (1969).
<i>NLRB v. General Motors Corp.</i>, 373 U.S. 734, at 742, 83 S.Ct. 1453 at 1459, 10 L.Ed.2d 670 (1963).
<i>Pattern Makers' League of North America, AFL-CIO et al</i>, v. <i>NLRB</i>, 473 U.S. at 106, 105 S.Ct. at 3071 (1985).
<i>Independent Fed. of Flight Attendants v. TWA</i>, 819 F.2d 839 (8th Cir. 1987).
837 F.2d 888 (9th Cir. 1988).
<i>Machinists Local 1327 (Dalmo Victor II)</i>, 263 N.L.R.B. 984 (1982), <i>enf. denied</i>, 725 F.2d 1212 (9th Cir. 1984).
840 F.2d 501 (7th Cir. 1988).
<i>NLRB v. International Bhd. of Elec. Workers, Local 340</i>, 481 U.S. 573, 1075. Ct. 2002, 95 L.Ed, 2d 557 (1987).
<i>Teamsters Cannery Local 670, etc. v. NLRB</i>, 856 F.2d 1250 (9th Cir. 1988).
<i>NLRB v. Local 54, Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union, AFL-CIO</i>, 887 F.2d 28 (3rd Cir. 1989).
<i>Tile, Marble, Terrazzo, et al v. Local 32</i>, 896 F.2d 1404 (3rd Cir. 1990).
<i>NLRB v. Office and Professional Employees Inter. Union, Local 2, AFL-CIO</i>, 902 F.2d 1164 (4th Cir. 1990).