O.C.G.A. § 34-6-24 (2019)
Contracts requiring membership in or payments to labor organizations as condition of employment
It shall be unlawful for any employer to contract with any labor organization and for any labor organization to contract with any employer so as to require as a condition of employment or continuance of employment that any individual be or remain a member of a labor organization or that any individual pay any fee, assessment, or other sum of money whatsoever to a labor organization.
History
(Ga. L. 1947, p. 616, § 5.)
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); Carpenters Local Union No. 3024 v. United Bhd. of Carpenters, 220 Ga. 596, 140 S.E.2d 876 (1965); Stein Printing Co. v. Atlanta Typographical Union 48, 329 F. Supp. 754 (N.D. Ga. 1971); Local 926, Int’l Union of Operating Eng’rs v. Jones, 460 U.S. 669, 103 S. Ct. 1453, 75 L. Ed. 2d 368 (1983).
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, 110 et seq. 51A C.J.S., Labor Relations, §§ 316, 327 et seq., 347 et seq.
ALR. - Collective bargaining agreement discriminating against certain employees as infringement of their rights, 172 ALR 1351.