The Legal Environment of Business: Text and Cases
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Author: Frank B. Cross; Roger LeRoy Miller
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Chapter 22, Problem 4BCP
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Case s ummary : The Labor unions L, L 578 and company SS jointly agreed to a collective bargaining agreement which mandated all employees to pay the dues to the union. A person S worked for the SS but did not pay any union dues. When the union forced SS to terminate S, then the person agreed to pay his dues. However, the union still demanded his discharge, and the company S fired him.
To f ind : The involvement of L in unfair labor practices.
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