Federal Firefighters of Oak Ridge v. Roane-Anderson Co.

By Chapter 36 of the Public Acts of Tennessee for the year 1947, the General Assembly enacted the act interchangeably referred to as the “Anti-Closed Shop- Act” or “The Right to Work Act”. This act purports to make it unlawful for an employer to enter into a contract which excludes any person from employment because of affiliation with or refusal to- join or membership in any labor union or employee organization of any kind or to exclude from such employment any individual because of failure to pay dues, etc., to such labor union or employee organization.

The Federal Firefighters of Oak Ridge…