Holding that union could not expel member because he filed unfair labor practice charge against it without first exhausting internal remedies as provided in union constitution
394 U.S. 423 (1969) Cited 117 times 6 Legal Analyses
Upholding union rule, enforceable by fines and expulsion, imposing limitation on immediate pay that members could receive for piecework because Court found no "impairment of statutory labor policy"
In NLRB v. Textile Workers, supra, and Machinists v. NLRB, 412 U.S. 84 (1973) (per curiam), the Court found as a corollary that unions may not fine former members who have resigned lawfully.
In Union Starch, the employees had tendered dues and an initiation fee but were denied membership in the union for refusal to file union application forms, attend a union meeting or take the union oath.
In Loudermilk, the Fifth Circuit held that a fine imposed upon a union member who had taken a leadership position in a rival union violated section 101(a)(2). 444 F.2d 723-24.