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Revised Code of Washington

Wash. Rev. Code § 41.80.100 (2026)

Employee authorization of membership dues and other payments—Revocation

✓ current as of May 2026
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(1) Upon authorization of an employee within the bargaining unit and after the certification or recognition of the bargaining unit's exclusive bargaining representative, the employer must deduct from the payments to the employee the monthly amount of dues as certified by the secretary of the exclusive bargaining representative and must transmit the same to the treasurer of the exclusive bargaining representative.
(2)(a) If the employer and the exclusive bargaining representative of a bargaining unit enter into a collective bargaining agreement that includes requirements for deductions of other payments, the employer must make such deductions upon authorization of the employee.
(b) An employee's written, electronic, or recorded voice authorization to have the employer deduct membership dues from the employee's salary must be made by the employee to the exclusive bargaining representative. If the employer receives a request for authorization of deductions, the employer shall as soon as practicable forward the request to the exclusive bargaining representative.
(c) Upon receiving notice of the employee's authorization, the employer shall deduct from the employee's salary membership dues and remit the amounts to the exclusive bargaining representative.
(d) The employee's authorization remains in effect until expressly revoked by the employee in accordance with the terms and conditions of the authorization.
(e) An employee's request to revoke authorization for payroll deductions must be in writing and submitted by the employee to the exclusive bargaining representative in accordance with the terms and conditions of the authorization.
(f) After the employer receives confirmation from the exclusive bargaining representative that the employee has revoked authorization for deductions, the employer shall end the deduction no later than the second payroll after receipt of the confirmation.
(g) The employer shall rely on information provided by the exclusive bargaining representative regarding the authorization and revocation of deductions.
[ 2019 c 230 s 18; 2018 c 247 s 5; 2002 c 354 s 311.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2020–2022 · leading case: Melissa Belgau v. Jay Inslee, 975 F.3d 940 (9th Cir. 2020).
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Melissa Belgau v. Jay Inslee, 975 F.3d 940 (9th Cir. 2020). · cites it 3× “The current version of RCW 41.80.100, which became effective on July 28, 2019, removes the authority for collecting representation fees but leaves intact the language about collecting membership dues.”
Yates v. Washington Fed'n of State Employees, AFSCME Council 28, AFL-CIO (W.D. Wash. 2020). · cites it 7× “Basically, Yates alleges that the lack of such safeguards means RCW 41.80.100 and Article 40 18 of the CBA allowed the State to rely on a forged signature to collect Yates’s union dues, 19 facilitating a violation of her rights.”
Wagner v. Univ. of Washington (W.D. Wash. 2020). · cites it 6× “§ 1983 , 18 asserting that (1) deducting union payments from her wages pursuant to RCW § 41.80.100 violated 19 || the First Amendment; (2) deducting union payments from her wages pursuant to the Union’s CBA 20 || violated the First Amendment; (3) the procedures of dues…”
Yates v. Washington Fed'n of State Employees, AFSCME Council 28, AFL-CIO (W.D. Wash. 2020). · cites it 2× “Standing ’ Plaintiff seeks prospective declaratory and injunctive relief condemning the State’s current dues deduction scheme, which is established by a combination of statute, RCW § 41.80.100, and 10 the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the State—as employer—and WFSE—as…”
Jimenez v. Serv. Employees Int'l Union Local 775 (E.D. Wash. 2022). “Under the relevant collective bargaining agreement and RCW 41.80.100, 4 State Defendants, as the IPs’ employer, agreed to deduct union dues from the IPs’ 5 wages.”
Wash. Rev. Code § 41.80.100(1): 2 cases
Yates v. Washington Fed'n of State Employees, AFSCME Council 28, AFL-CIO (W.D. Wash. 2020). “Basically, Yates alleges that the lack of such safeguards means RCW 41.80.100 and Article 40 18 of the CBA allowed the State to rely on a forged signature to collect Yates’s union dues, 19 facilitating a violation of her rights.”
Wagner v. Univ. of Washington (W.D. Wash. 2020). “§ 1983 , 18 asserting that (1) deducting union payments from her wages pursuant to RCW § 41.80.100 violated 19 || the First Amendment; (2) deducting union payments from her wages pursuant to the Union’s CBA 20 || violated the First Amendment; (3) the procedures of dues…”
Wash. Rev. Code § 41.80.100(3)(a): 1 case
Melissa Belgau v. Jay Inslee, 975 F.3d 940 (9th Cir. 2020). “The current version of RCW 41.80.100, which became effective on July 28, 2019, removes the authority for collecting representation fees but leaves intact the language about collecting membership dues.”
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