[LETTER TO UNION:<\/u>
\nSEND BY CERTIFIED MAIL,
\nRETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED]<\/p>\n
[your address]
\n[date]<\/p>\n
[name and address of union<\/p>\n
[To appropriate union officer]: <\/p>\n
I object to the collection and expenditure by the union of a fee for [If you pay dues by payroll deduction, include this paragraph: Accordingly, Please reply promptly to my request. Any further collection or expenditure Sincerely yours, [LETTER TO EMPLOYER:<\/U> [your address] [name and address of depertment To whom it may concern: <\/p>\n Today I notified [name of union] that I object to collection and expenditure 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 constitutional right under Abood v. Detroit Board of Education<\/i><\/a>, [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 limited to those costs that are lawfully chargeable under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. If I am required to sign a form to make that change, please provide me with the necessary form.<\/p>\n 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 Federal Civil Rights Act of 1871, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, and the U.S. Constitution. <\/p>\n Sincerely yours, [LETTER TO UNION:<\/u> [your address] [name and address of union<\/p>\n [To appropriate union officer]: <\/p>\n I object to the collection and expenditure by the union of a fee for
\nany purpose other than my pro rata share of the union’s costs of collective
\nbargaining, contract administration, and grievance adjustment, as is my
\nright under Abood
\nv. Detroit Board of Education<\/I>, 431 U.S. 209 (1977)<\/A>. Pursuant to
\nChicago
\nTeachers Union v. Hudson<\/I>, 475 U.S. 292 (1986)<\/A>, I request that you
\nprovide me with my procedural rights, including: reduction of my fees to
\nan amount that includes only lawfully chargeable costs; notice of the calculation
\nof that amount, verified by an independent certified public accountant;
\nand notice of the procedure that you have adopted to hold my fees in an
\ninterest-bearing escrow account and give me an opportunity to challenge
\nyour calculation and have it reviewed by an impartial decisionmaker. <\/p>\n
\nI also hereby revoke my authorization for the deduction of membership dues
\nand authorize only the deduction of representation fees. If I am required
\nto sign a new authorization form to make that change, please provide me
\nwith the necessary form.] <\/p>\n
\nof dues or fees from me made without the procedural safeguards required
\nby law will violate my rights under the Federal Civil Rights Act of 1871,
\n42 U.S. Code § 1983, and the U.S. Constitution. <\/p>\n
\n[name]<\/p>\n
\n
\nSEND BY CERTIFIED MAIL,
\nRETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED]<\/p>\n
\n[date]<\/p>\n
\nresponsible for payroll deductions] <\/p>\n
\n431 .S. 209 (1977). A copy of my letter to the union is enclosed. Pursuant to Teachers Local 1 v. Hudson<\/i><\/a>, 475 U.S. 292 (1986), I request that you ensure that the union provides me with my First-Amendment procedural rights, including those outlined in my letter to the union. If it does not, I ask that [name of employer] provide them.<\/p>\n
\n[name]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\nSEND BY CERTIFIED MAIL,
\nRETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED]<\/p>\n
\n[date]<\/p>\n
\nany purpose other than my pro rata share of the union’s costs of collective
\nbargaining, contract administration, and grievance adjustment, as is my
\nright under Abood
\nv. Detroit Board of Education<\/I>, 431 U.S. 209 (1977)<\/A>. Pursuant to
\nChicago
\nTeachers Union v. Hudson<\/I>, 475 U.S. 292 (1986)<\/A>, I request that you
\nprovide me with my procedural rights, including: reduction of my fees to
\nan amount that includes only lawfully chargeable costs; notice of the calculation
\nof that amount, verified by an independent certified public accountant;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1984","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n