No person shall be required, as a condition of employment or continuation of employment, (1) to resign or refrain from voluntary membership in, voluntary affiliation with, or voluntary financial support of a labor organization, or, (2) to become or remain a member of a labor organization, or, (3) to pay any dues, fees, assessments, or other charges of any kind or amount to a labor organization, or, (4) to pay to any charity or other third party, in lieu of such payments, any amount equivalent to or a pro-rata portion of dues, fees, assessments, or other charges regularly required of members of a labor organization, or, (5) to be recommended, approved, referred, or cleared by or through a labor organization.
Idaho Code § 44-2003
Freedom of choice guaranteed, discrimination prohibited
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Sweeney v. Pence (2014)
Most recently applied in International Union of Operating Engineers Local 370 v. Wasden (October 2016)
I.C., § 44-2003, as added by 1985, ch. 2, § 1, p. 4.
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Current official text: Idaho Statutes (Idaho Legislature). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Idaho statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.