Legal Opinion
Beck v. Communications Workers of America (C.W.A.)
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided October 24, 1985No. Nos. 83-1955, 83-1956PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DONALD RUSSELL, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs in this suit are twenty non-union employees1 of either the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT & T) or its subsidiary Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company (C & P) and, as such, are subject to an “agency shop” agreement2 negotiated between the employers and the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and its locals as the exclusive bargaining agents of such employees under the terms of section 8(a)(3) of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), 29 U.S.C. § 158(a)(3).3 Plaintiffs are required under the agreement to pay agency fees to CWA…
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3Cited by5 opinions
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- Harry E. Beck, Jr. Doris R. Ambrose Jacqueline S. Brandon Mary Anna Cox Sally B. Dimauro Rue T.F. Downey Kathleen A. Heil John J. Hurley Harriett Lipschultz Clay B. Lutz Barbara McGaughey Roland R. Merkle Ethel T. Merryman Doris J. Morrow Marion F. Northrop Frances M. Philips Vivian Reedy Barbara A. Russell Lois A. Stallings Harry B. Swartz, Sr. v. Communications Workers of America (c.w.a.), an Unincorporated Labor Organization C.W.A. Committee on Political Education (c.w.a. Cope) C.W.A. District II Local 2100 of C.W.A. Local 2101 of C.W.A. Local 2108 of C.W.A. Local 2110 of C.W.A., and Local 2350 of C.W.A. American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (Afl-Cio), a Federation of National and International Labor Organizations Afl-Cio Committee on Political Education Maryland State Afl-Cio American Telephone & Telegraph, a Corporation C & P Telephone Company of Maryland, a Corporation, Harry E. Beck, Jr. Doris R. Ambrose Jacqueline S. Brandon Mary Anna Cox Sally B. Dimauro Rue T.F. Downey Kathleen A. Heil John J. Hurley Harriett Lipschultz Clay B. Lutz Barbara McGaughey Roland R. Merkle Ethel T. Merryman Doris J. Morrow Marion F. Northrop Frances M. Philips Vivian Reedy Barbara A. Russell Lois A. Stallings Harry B. Swartz, Sr. v. Communications Workers of America (c.w.a.), an Unincorporated Labor Organization C.W.A. Committee on Political Education (c.w.a. Cope) C.W.A. District II Local 2100 of C.W.A. Local 2101 of C.W.A. Local 2108 of C.W.A. Local 2110 of C.W.A., and Local 2350 of C.W.A. American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (Afl-Cio), a Federation of National and International Labor Organizations Afl-Cio Committee on Political Education Maryland State Afl-Cio American Telephone & Telegraph, a Corporation C & P Telephone Company of Maryland, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1985
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