CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR OR FREE RIDER: THE RIGHT-TO-WORK JURISPRUDENCE AND THE SHIFT TOWARD INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIPS

JASON METTLEY

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DOI: 10.2190/812V-QJPU-Q1GJ-8L68

Abstract

Union membership has declined over the past several decades. While many socioeconomic factors contribute to this trend, state-enacted, right-to-work laws in particular frustrate the efforts of organized labor. This article focuses on employees who hold conscientious objections to union membership and dues and the manner in which the federal judiciary responds to these disputes, and reveals the emergence of a right-to-work jurisprudence that stands to further diminish the efficacy of collective bargaining.

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