United States Ninth Circuit

Summary judgment for defendants in action challenging an organizing fee and a dues increase imposed on local union members by the local's umbrella labor organizations even though the local’s members did not approve these fees is: 1) affirmed in part, where the defendant international union complied with the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act when it enacted an organizing fee, applicable to all of its members working in the construction industry, following a majority vote of its delegates at a national convention; but 2) reversed and remanded in part, where another defendant labor organization, NCDCL, lacked the statutory authority to ratify a dues increase because the local union members were not members of that organization.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/07/2013
• Published 03/07/2013

Judges

• PAEZ

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel