Fire Fighters Ass'n of Philadelphia v. City of Philadelphia

FORER, J.,

At issue is the entitlement to union dues collected from fire department officers by the city and claimed by the *500union and the employes from whom the dues were collected under a checkoff provision of a labor award.

On August 23, 1978, Local 22 filed an action in equity seeking a preliminary and permanent injunction against the city ordering the city to pay over to it dues checked off from 179 fire department officers who were members of plaintiff union and who had notified the city, but not plaintiff, that they no longer wished to have their dues checked off and paid to plaintiff…