O.C.G.A. § 34-6-23 (2019)
Contracts contrary to public policy
Any provision in a contract between an employer and a labor organization which requires as a condition of employment or continuance of employment that any individual be or remain a member or an affiliate of a labor organization or that any individual pay any fee, assessment, or other sum of money whatsoever to a labor organization is declared to be contrary to the public policy of this state; and any such provision in any such contract heretofore or hereafter made shall be absolutely void.
History
(Ga. L. 1947, p. 616, § 4.)
Annotations
JUDICIAL DECISIONS Right to work law violation under state law. - In a state which has a ‘‘right to work’’ law, such as the one provided for in this section, the right to work is a state-conferred right; and a violation of this right creates a cause of action which arises under state law rather than under the Taft-Hartley Act, 29 U.S.C. § 141 et
seq. McDowell v. Clement Bros. Co., 260 F. Supp. 817 (N.D. Ga. 1966). Cited in Sandt v. Mason, 208 Ga. 541, 67 S.E.2d 767 (1951); NLRB v. Atlanta Coca-Cola Bottling Co., 293 F.2d 300 (5th Cir. 1961); Stein Printing Co. v. Atlanta Typographical Union 48, 329 F. Supp. 754 (N.D. Ga. 1971).
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Union shop agreement. - A union shop agreement between a railroad and a union is enforceable in Georgia in light of the amendment to the federal Railway
Labor Act, 45 U.S.C. § 151 et seq., authorizing union shop agreements notwithstanding any state right to work law. 1970 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 70-12.
RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 48 Am. Jur. 2d, Labor and Labor Relations, §§ 10, 11. C.J.S. - 51 C.J.S., Labor Relations, §§ 12, 101 et seq. 51A C.J.S., Labor Relations, §§ 311, 321 et seq. ALR. - Validity and effect of statutes restricting remedy by injunction in industrial disputes, 35 ALR 460; 97 ALR 1333; 106 ALR 361; 120 ALR 316; 124 ALR 751; 127 ALR 868; 150 ALR 819. Closed shops and closed unions, 160 ALR 918. Collective bargaining agreement discriminating against certain employees as infringement of their rights, 172 ALR 1351. Refusal of member of labor union to pay assessment imposed by it for purposes of
promoting or defeating contemplated legislation as ground for suspension or expulsion, 175 ALR 397. Right of union rival of collective bargaining agent union to act for individual employee or group of employees as regards grievances, 9 ALR2d 696. Legality of, and injunction against, peaceful picketing to force employees to join union or to compel employer to enter into a contract which would in effect compel them to do so, in the absence of a dispute between employer and employees as to terms or conditions of employment, 11 ALR2d 1338. Rights in union label, shop card, or other insignia denoting union shop or workmanship, 42 ALR2d 709.