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Lamar Alexander: “That is exactly right. That is what I read to you. The Supreme Court in 1967 and the NLRB in 1976 says that a union…”

On the recordMay 13, 2015
That is exactly right. That is what I read to you. The Supreme Court in 1967 and the NLRB in 1976 says that a union cannot lawfully refuse to process a grievance of an employee in the union because he is a non-member period.
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Lamar Alexander
Republican · Tennessee

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Emphasizing existing law on union obligations to non-members.

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