News - Union Dues
HARRISBURG, Pa., March 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Commonwealth Foundation released today a
Australian labor unions, in an effort to reverse a decline in membership, plan to target teenagers, union officials said. Plans that have been discussed include offering young workers discounts on union dues and help finding jobs with better pay, The Australian reported.
By Adam Wilson, The Olympian, Olympia, Wash. Jul. 25--The largest state employee union is suing up to 1,900 of the workers it represents for unpaid dues.
By John Hill, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Apr. 1--A federal judge has ordered the state's largest public employee union to repay as many as 28,000 non-union state workers who were not given a chance to challenge a 2005 dues increase to fight initiatives backed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
