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Strike — resulting lay-off of workers ― unemployment benefit denied by reference to contribution to union strike fund ― whether compatible with freedom of association and right to bargain collectively HEADNOTES* Facts A Michigan statute makes an employee ineligible for unemployment compensation if he has provided "financing", by means other than the payment of regular union dues, for a strike that causes his unemployment. As authorized by their international union, appellant employees of appellee General Motors Corp. (GM) were required to pay, in addition to their regular union dues, "emergency dues" to augment the union's strike insurance fund. Although the union and GM reached an agreement on national issues at a time when negotiations for a collective-bargaining agreement were taking place, three local unions went on strike at GM foundries, and strike fund benefits were paid to the striking employees from the fund in which emergency dues had been deposited. As a result of the strikes, operations were temporarily curtailed at other GM plants, idling more than 19,000 employees, most of whom are appellants in this case. Appellants' claims for unemployment benefits were ultimately denied by the Michigan Supreme Court on the ground that emergency dues payments con-
International Labour Law Reports Online – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 1985
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