Bargaining Fee versus Union Shop

Abstract

The continuing controversy over the union shop is usually phrased in terms of compulsory versus voluntary union membership. In this article, a further distinction is made between the payments now required of union members and the payment which a union may rightfully claim for those services solely rendered to workers as their agent. The author suggests that compulsory payment of this bargaining fee is preferable to compulsory membership clauses and to the present requirements of the Taft-Hartley Act. (Author's abstract courtesy EBSCO.)