Corns v. Laborers International Union of North America

Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act permits a labor organization, other than a local labor organization or a federation of national or international labor organizations, to levy assessments or increase dues or initiation fees payable by its members by any of the procedures enumerated in LMRDA Sec. 101(a)(3)(B). Where defendant international union complied with the LMRDA by enacting an organizing fee applicable to all of its members working in the construction industry, following a majority vote of its delegates at a national convention, there was no requirement that local union members approve the fee by a secret ballot vote under Sec. 101(a)(3)(A). Labor organization, which functioned as an intermediate body between the international union and a group of local unions, lacked statutory authority to ratify a dues increase because the local union members were not members of that organization.
     Corns v. Laborers International Union of North America - filed March 7, 2013
     Cite as 11-15737

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