[LETTER TO UNION:
SEND BY CERTIFIED MAIL,
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED]

[your address]
[date]

[name and address of union]

[To appropriate union officer]:

I object to the collection and expenditure by the union of a fee for
any purpose other than my pro rata share of the union’s costs of collective
bargaining, contract administration, and grievance adjustment, as is my
right under Communications
Workers v. Beck, 487 U.S. 735 (1988). Pursuant to Teachers
Local 1 v. Hudson, 475 U.S. 292 (1986), and Abrams
v. Communications Workers, 59 F.3d 1373 (D.C. Cir. 1995), I request
that you provide me with my procedural rights, including: reduction of
my fees to an amount that includes only lawfully chargeable costs; notice
of the calculation of that amount, verified by an independent certified
public accountant; and notice of the procedure that you have adopted to
hold my fees in an interest-bearing escrow account and give me an opportunity
to challenge your calculation and have it reviewed by an impartial decisionmaker.

[If you pay dues by payroll deduction, include this paragraph: Accordingly,
I also hereby notify you that I wish to authorize only the deduction of representation fees from my wages. If I am required
to sign a new deduction authorization form to make that change, please provide me
with the necessary form.]

Please reply promptly to my request. Any further collection or expenditure
of dues or fees from me made without the procedural safeguards required
by law will violate my rights under the National
Labor Relations Act and/or U.S. Constitution.

Finally, please consider this objection to be permanent and continuing
in nature.

Sincerely yours,
[name]

If you include the paragraph on the change in your payroll deduction
authorization, you should also send a copy of this letter to the payroll
department of your employer.