No person shall be denied the opportunity to obtain or retain employment because of nonmembership in a labor organization, nor shall the state or any subdivision thereof, or any corporation, individual, or association of any kind enter into an agreement, written or oral, which excludes a person from employment or continuation of employment because of nonmembership in a labor organization.
A.R.S. § 23-1302
Prohibition of agreements denying employment because of nonmembership in labor organization
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees v. City of Phoenix (2006)
Most recently applied in American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees v. City of Phoenix (August 2006)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Arizona State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Arizona statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.