"Voluntary" Union Membership is Firmly in Place: Pattern Makers and Progeny in the '90s

James Dunlavey

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DOI: 10.2190/XVYM-L56W-MENV-7A6B

Abstract

It seems now, in the 1990s, that our courts are confirming what they believe was the congressional intent of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), i.e., that unionism¹ (even in the face of a contractual "union shop" clause) is voluntary and that resignation from the union to avoid the infliction of member penalties is approved. Extending from that belief, the Pattern Makers' case and its board, circuit court, and district court progeny are establishing a "financial core" status for any member, the qualifications for F.C. member still ongoing.

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