Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits an employer from requiring an employee to join or pay unions as a condition of employment, effective 90 days after passage.

Highlights:

• Prohibits an employer or labor organization from requiring an individual to perform the following actions as a condition of employment (Sec. 1):
• He or she becomes a member of a labor organization;
• He or she pays any dues or fees to any labor organization; or
• He or she pays any charity or third party an equivalent amount of the dues and fees required of members or a labor organization so that he or she may not pay the labor organization’s fees.

• Classifies a violation of the provisions of this bill as a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine between $500 and $5,000 each day the violation takes place (Sec. 1).

• Authorizes an individual who was required to become a member of a labor organization or required to pay a fee associated with the labor organization to file a lawsuit for compensatory damages, punitive damages, and preliminary and permanent injunctive relief (Sec. 1).

• Exempts employees and employers covered by the federal Railway Labor Act and employees of the United States from the prohibition required in this bill (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill apply to any oral or written contract entered into after July 1, 2016 (Sec. 1).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits an employer from requiring an employee to join or pay unions as a condition of employment, effective 90 days after passage.

Highlights:

• Prohibits an employer or labor organization from requiring an individual to perform the following actions as a condition of employment (Sec. 1):
• He or she becomes a member of a labor organization;
• He or she pays any dues or fees to any labor organization; or
• He or she pays any charity or third party an equivalent amount of the dues and fees required of members or a labor organization so that he or she may not pay the labor organization’s fees.

• Classifies a violation of the provisions of this bill as a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine between $500 and $5,000 each day the violation takes place (Sec. 1).

• Authorizes an individual who was required to become a member of a labor organization or required to pay a fee associated with the labor organization to file a lawsuit for compensatory damages, punitive damages, and preliminary and permanent injunctive relief (Sec. 1).

• Exempts employees and employers covered by the federal Railway Labor Act and employees of the United States from the prohibition required in this bill (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill apply to any oral or written contract entered into after July 1, 2016 (Sec. 1).

Full Bill Text

Vetoed by Governor Earl Tomblin

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with House amendments and pass a bill that prohibits an employer from requiring an employee to join or pay unions as a condition of employment, effective 90 days after passage.

Highlights:

• Prohibits an employer or labor organization from requiring an individual to perform the following actions as a condition of employment (Sec. 1):
• He or she becomes a member of a labor organization;
• He or she pays any dues or fees to any labor organization; or
• He or she pays any charity or third party an equivalent amount of the dues and fees required of members or a labor organization so that he or she may not pay the labor organization’s fees.

• Classifies a violation of the provisions of this bill as a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine between $500 and $5,000 each day the violation takes place (Sec. 1).

• Authorizes an individual who was required to become a member of a labor organization or required to pay a fee associated with the labor organization to file a lawsuit for compensatory damages, punitive damages, and preliminary and permanent injunctive relief (Sec. 1).

• Exempts employees and employers covered by the federal Railway Labor Act and employees of the United States from the prohibition required in this bill (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill apply to any oral or written contract entered into after July 1, 2016 (Sec. 1).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits an employer from requiring an employee to join or pay unions as a condition of employment, effective 90 days after passage.

Highlights:

• Prohibits an employer or labor organization from requiring an individual to perform the following actions as a condition of employment (Sec. 1):
• He or she becomes a member of a labor organization;
• He or she pays any dues or fees to any labor organization; or
• He or she pays any charity or third party an equivalent amount of the dues and fees required of members or a labor organization so that he or she may not pay the labor organization’s fees.

• Classifies a violation of the provisions of this bill as a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine between $500 and $5,000 each day the violation takes place (Sec. 1).

• Authorizes an individual who was required to become a member of a labor organization or required to pay a fee associated with the labor organization to file a lawsuit for compensatory damages, punitive damages, and preliminary and permanent injunctive relief (Sec. 1).

• Exempts employees and employers covered by the federal Railway Labor Act and employees of the United States from the prohibition required in this bill (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill apply to any oral or written contract entered into after July 1, 2016 (Sec. 1).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits an employer from requiring an employee to join or pay unions as a condition of employment, effective 90 days after passage.

Highlights:

• Prohibits an employer or labor organization from requiring an individual to perform the following actions as a condition of employment (Sec. 1):
• He or she becomes a member of a labor organization;
• He or she pays any dues or fees to any labor organization; or
• He or she pays any charity or third party an equivalent amount of the dues and fees required of members or a labor organization so that he or she may not pay the labor organization’s fees.

• Classifies a violation of the provisions of this bill as a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine between $500 and $5,000 each day the violation takes place (Sec. 1).

• Authorizes an individual who was required to become a member of a labor organization or required to pay a fee associated with the labor organization to file a lawsuit for compensatory damages, punitive damages, and preliminary and permanent injunctive relief (Sec. 1).

• Exempts employees and employers covered by the federal Railway Labor Act and employees of the United States from the prohibition required in this bill (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill apply to any oral or written contract entered into after July 1, 2016 (Sec. 1).

Full Bill Text