GILPIN v. AFSCME, AFL-CIO

No. 88-2441.

875 F.2d 1310 (1989)

Jack GILPIN, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY, AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 24, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Milton L. Chappell, Staff Atty., National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Inc., Springfield, Va., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Craig Becker, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before WOOD, Jr., POSNER, and FLAUM, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

A union that has been certified as the exclusive bargaining representative for a group of employees must represent every employee in the bargaining unit, even those who don't belong to the union. Correlatively, the union is entitled to charge the nonmembers their pro rata share of the expenses that it incurs in negotiating for and administering the collective bargaining agreement, and to ask the employer to

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