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1 1 Section 1. Section 731.5, Code 1997, is amended to read as
1 2 follows:
1 3 731.5 DEDUCTING DUES FROM PAY UNLAWFUL.
1 4 It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, association,
1 5 labor organization, or corporation to deduct labor
1 6 organization dues, charges, fees, contributions, fines, or
1 7 assessments from an employee's earnings, wages, or
1 8 compensation, unless the employer has first been presented
1 9 with an individual written order therefor signed by the
1 10 employee, which written order shall terminate one year from
1 11 the date the written order is signed and shall be terminable
1 12 at any time by the employee giving at least thirty days'
1 13 written notice of such termination to the employer.
1 14 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 731.5A DUES FOR POLITICAL CAUSES –
1 15 REQUIREMENTS.
1 16 It shall be unlawful for a labor organization to accept
1 17 payment of any labor organization dues or fees for political
1 18 causes of the labor organization unless the employee has
1 19 agreed to pay such dues or fees in a signed written agreement
1 20 which agreement shall terminate upon thirty days' written
1 21 notice of such termination by the employee to the labor
1 22 organization or one year from the date the agreement is
1 23 signed, whichever occurs first. The labor organization shall
1 24 permit an employee to separately authorize the payment of dues
1 25 or fees solely related to the representation of the employee,
1 26 including fees for collective bargaining, contract
1 27 administration, and grievance adjustment, and that are not
1 28 used for the political causes of the organization.
1 29 EXPLANATION
1 30 This bill provides that an individual written order signed
1 31 by an employee authorizing a deduction from the employee's
1 32 wages for union dues shall terminate one year from the date
1 33 the authorization is signed. The bill does not prohibit the
1 34 employee from reauthorizing the deduction after the order is
1 35 terminated. A violation of the provisions of this section
2 1 constitutes a serious misdemeanor pursuant to section 731.6.
2 2 The bill also provides in new Code section 731.5A that it
2 3 is unlawful for a labor organization to require an employee to
2 4 pay that portion of union dues used for political causes of
2 5 the union without a written agreement authorizing such
2 6 payment. The bill allows for termination of the agreement
2 7 upon 30 days' notice or automatically after one year,
2 8 whichever occurs first. The bill provides that the employee
2 9 shall be permitted to pay union dues used for the
2 10 representation of the employee and that are not used for
2 11 political causes of the union. A violation of the provisions
2 12 of this new Code section also constitutes a serious
2 13 misdemeanor pursuant to section 731.6.
2 14 LSB 1254YC 77
2 15 ec/cf/24.1
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