Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits employers from requiring their employees join or pay charges to a labor organization.

Highlights:

• Prohibits employers from requiring an individual, as a condition of employment, to do any of the following (Sec. 1):
• Become or remain a member of a labor organization;
• Pay charges of any kind or amount to a labor organization; or
• Pay to a charity or third party an amount that is equivalent to or a proportion of charges required of members of a labor organization.

• Defines an “employer” as either a person employing at least 1 individual in Indiana or an agent of such a person (Sec. 1).

• Defines a “person” as being any of the following (Sec. 1):
• An individual;
• A proprietorship;
• A partnership;
• A firm;
• An association;
• A corporation;
• A labor organization; or
• Another legal entity.

• Defines a “labor organization” as an organization, agency, employee representation committee or a union that exists to assist employees in negotiating with employers their terms or conditions of employment (Sec. 1).

• Exempts the following from the provisions of this bill (Sec. 1):
• An employee of the United States or a wholly owned corporation of the United States;
• An employee or employer subject to the federal Railway Labor Act;
• An employee employed on property over which the United States government has exclusive jurisdiction for the purpose of labor relations;
• An employee of the state; or
• Employees of a municipal corporation or special taxing district.

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill apply to any active agreement beginning March 15, 2012 (Sec. 2).

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