SPONSOR: Taylor (139)
This bill prohibits employers from requiring employees to join or refrain from joining a labor organization, requiring employees to pay any money to a labor organization, or requiring employees to pay any charity or third party the equivalent of money required to be paid by members of a labor organization. Any current agreement between an employer and labor organization contrary to this provision is exempted from these restrictions, but such restrictions shall apply to any current agreement that is later renewed, extended, amended, or modified.
Anyone violating a provision of the bill, or directing another to violate a provision, will be guilty of a class C misdemeanor, and any person injured as a result of a violation or threatened violation of the provisions of the bill may recover all resulting damages, including costs and reasonable attorney fees, and will be entitled to injunctive relief against any violator or person threatening a violation.
The prosecuting attorney, circuit attorney, or Attorney General of this state shall investigate and prosecute complaints of violations or threatened violations.
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