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WONDZELL v. ALASKA WOOD PRODUCTS, INC.

Nos. 2792, 2804.

583 P.2d 860 (1978)

Robert A. WONDZELL, Appellant, v. ALASKA WOOD PRODUCTS, INC., and Lumber Production and Industrial Workers Local 2362, Appellees. ALASKA WOOD PRODUCTS, INC., and Lumber Production and Industrial Workers Local 2362, Cross-Appellants, v. Robert A. WONDZELL and the Alaska State Commission for Human Rights, Cross-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

September 15, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Wagstaff and R. Collin Middleton, Wagstaff & Middleton, Anchorage, for appellant/cross-appellee Wondzell.

Carolyn E. Jones, Asst. Atty. Gen., Anchorage and Avrum M. Gross, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellant/cross-appellee Alaska State Commission for Human Rights.

M.T. Thomas, Robertson, Monagle, Eastaugh & Bradley, Juneau, for appellee/cross-appellant Alaska Wood Products.

Bernard Jolles, Franklin, Bennett, Ofelt & Jolles, Portland, Or., and Stephen J. Pearson, Ely, Guess & Rudd, Juneau, for appellee/cross-appellant Lumber Production and Industrial Workers Local 2362.

Before BOOCHEVER, C.J., and RABINOWITZ, CONNOR, BURKE and MATTHEWS, JJ.

OPINION

CONNOR, Justice.

This case brings before us the conflict between a "union shop" agreement and the religious beliefs of a worker whose Seventh-Day Adventist faith forbids affiliation with a labor union. The worker, Robert A. Wondzell, asserts that the union shop agreement violates his rights under state human rights laws and the state and federal constitutions.

The trial court held that Wondzell should pay union dues, but that he need not...

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