Admission and Discipline of Members

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1. What does the Labor Code prohibit in union initiation fees and disciplinary fines?
2. What is the legal significance of a union’s constitution and bylaws in disciplining members?
3. Does union autonomy eliminate due-process protections when a member is suspended or expelled?
4. A union’s bylaws give a suspended member an appeal to the executive board. He timely files it, but officers ignore it a…
5. A union imposes a crushing fine on a member solely because he requested the financial reports to which members are enti…
6. A union’s written rules provide notice, a chance to answer and an internal appeal before a disputed expulsion becomes f…
7. A member proves an officer violated membership safeguards and demands automatic cancellation of the entire union’s regi…
8. Explain the relationship between union autonomy and lawful discipline of members.
9. A union imposes an arbitrary excessive initiation fee and an oppressive fine. Discuss the statutory membership safeguar…
10. Why should a proven violation of membership safeguards not automatically be equated with cancellation of the union’s re…
11. Must a union’s disciplinary constitution and bylaws yield to contrary law or public policy?
12. Does expulsion automatically require the employer to dismiss the worker without examining the union-security clause?