Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits employers from requiring any employee to join a labor organization as a condition of employment, effective January 1, 2012.

Highlights:

• Prohibits employers from requiring of an employee any of the following as a condition of employment (Sec. 2):
• To resign from voluntary membership in a labor organization;
• To become or remain a member of a labor organization;
• To pay dues, fees, or assessments to any labor organization;
• To pay any charity or third party any amount equivalent to or a pro-rata portion of dues, fees, or assessments of a labor organization; or
• To be recommended or approved by a labor organization.

• Prohibits employers from deducting any labor organization dues, fees, or assessments from an employee's paycheck unless the employee has signed a written authorization for such deduction (Sec. 2).

• This act is effective January 1, 2012 (Sec. 3).

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Vetoed by Governor John Lynch

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits employers from requiring any employee to join a labor organization as a condition of employment, effective January 1, 2012.

Highlights:

• Specifies that all individuals shall have the right to form, join, assist, or refrain from joining a labor organization (Sec. 2).

• Specifies that no person can be required as a condition of employment or continuation of employment to (Sec. 4):
• Resign or refrain from involvement with a labor organization;
• Become or remain a member of a labor organization;
• Pay any dues, fees, assessments, or other charges to a labor organization; or
• Be recommended, approved, referred, or cleared through a labor organization.

• Prohibits employers from deducting labor organization dues from the compensation of any employee, unless the employee has signed a written authorization for such deductions (Sec. 5).

• Prohibits any individual or labor organization, by any threat of or actual intimidation, to compel an employee or prospective employee to become involved with or refrain from involvement in a labor organization (Sec. 8).

• Exempts the following individuals from the provisions of this act (Sec. 13):
• Employers and employees covered by the Federal Railway Labor Act;
• Federal employers and employees; and
• Employers and employees on exclusive federal enclaves.

• This act is effective January 1, 2012 (Sec. 14).

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Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that provides workers with the choice to join a labor organization, effective January 1, 2012.

Highlights:

• Specifies that all individuals shall have the right to form, join, assist, or refrain from joining a labor organization (Sec. 2).

• Specifies that no person can be required as a condition of employment or continuation of employment to (Sec. 4):
• Resign or refrain from involvement with a labor organization;
• Become or remain a member of a labor organization;
• Pay any dues, fees, assessments, or other charges to a labor organization; or
• Be recommended, approved, referred, or cleared through a labor organization.

• Prohibits employers from deducting labor organization dues from the compensation of any employee, unless the employee has signed a written authorization for such deductions (Sec. 5).

• Prohibits any individual or labor organization, by any threat of or actual intimidation, to compel an employee or prospective employee to become involved with or refrain from involvement in a labor organization (Sec. 8).

• Exempts the following individuals from the provisions of this act (Sec. 13):
• Employers and employees covered by the Federal Railway Labor Act;
• Federal employers and employees; and
• Employers and employees on exclusive federal enclaves.

• This act is effective January 1, 2012 (Sec. 14).

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