No person shall be denied employment because of membership in or affiliation with a labor union, nor shall any person be denied employment because of failure or refusal to join or affiliate with a labor union, nor shall any person, unless he or she shall voluntarily consent in writing to do so, be compelled to pay dues or any other monetary consideration to any labor organization as a prerequisite to, condition of, or continuance of employment.
Ark. Code Ann. § 11-3-303
Union affiliation or nonaffiliation not to be condition of employment
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Branch v. City of Myrtle Beach (1998)
Most recently applied in International Union of Operating Engineers Local 370 v. Wasden (October 2016)
Acts 1947, No. 101, § 2; A.S.A. 1947, § 81-202.
Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.