(Federal appeals) Court upholds union's service fee

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Associated Press

AUGUSTA, Maine --A federal appeals court has ruled that the Maine State Employees Association can charge a service fee to nonmembers.

Twenty state employees had gone to court to challenge the fee, saying collection of the fee violated their constitutional and civil rights.

A U.S. District Court judge ruled in April 2006 that the union followed the law when it implemented a service fee and required all state workers to join the union or pay a portion of the dues.

The plaintiffs appealed that decision to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, which rejected their arguments in a decision released Wednesday.


Read more: http://www.boston.com/news/local/maine/articles/2007/08/09/court_upholds_unions_service_fee/

[billyoc]

1. Good. The right-to-work-for-less crowd has been hitting Maine hard.

I want to bury them once and for all in the next 5 years. :grr:

[Faux pas]

2. My union charges what they call a 'fair share' for

those who don't want to be union members. Works for me, they get the same benies, why not contribute.