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Non-Union Member Complaints To Calculation Of Agency Shop Fees: Arbitration Or Judicial Relief - Air Line Pilots Ass'n V. Miller, Ann E. Ahrens

Journal of Dispute Resolution

"Free rider" problems plague any group or association that provides general benefits for its participants. Members may pay a fee, but nonmembers can reap the benefits without expenditure. Labor unions address this disparity through the use of agency shop fees contained in collective bargaining agreements. These fee agreements call for those employees who choose not to join the union to pay their share of the costs of collective bargaining. Labor unions have developed extensive mechanisms in order to calculate the amount of the fee. Employees, who do not want to subsidize activities they do not support, can file complaints with …