§ 169. Employees with religious convictions; payment of dues and fees

Definitions

Unfair labor practices

Conciliation of labor disputes in the health care industry

To amend the National Labor Relations Act to provide that any employee who is a member of a religion or sect historically holding conscientious objection to joining or financially supporting a labor organization shall not be required to do so

To provide temporary emergency livestock financing through the establishment of a guaranteed loan program

Notice

Final rule

Any employee who is a member of and adheres to established and traditional tenets or teachings of a bona fide religion, body, or sect which has historically held conscientious objections to joining or financially supporting labor organizations shall not be required to join or financially support any labor organization as a condition of employment; except that such employee may be required in a contract between such employees' employer and a labor organization in lieu of periodic dues and initiation fees, to pay sums equal to such dues and initiation fees to a nonreligious, nonlabor organization charitable fund exempt from taxation under section 501(c)(3) of title 26 of the Internal Revenue Code, chosen by such employee from a list of at least three such funds, designated in such contract of if the contract fails to designate such funds, then to any such fund chosen by the employee. If such employee who holds conscientious objections pursuant to this section requests the labor organization to use the grievance-arbitration procedure on the employee's behalf, the labor organization is authorized to charge the employee for the reasonable cost of using such procedure.

Additional labor rights under the National Labor Relations Act

Additional labor rights under the National Labor Relations Act

Exemption from tax on corporations, certain trusts, etc.

Conciliation of labor disputes in the health care industry