Caterpillar, Inc. v. International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers

In suggesting , that “innocuous, bargained for and fully disclosed payments” from ah employer to an employee representative should be lawful, the majority has placed its *-526own policy objectives above plain language. By its own terms, the “by reason of’ exception of 29 U.S.C. § 186(c)(1) simply does not include payments made to an employee representative merely because the payment is included in a collective bargaining agreement and the representative worked for the employer at one time. The plain language of the section 186(c)(1) exception is supported by the legislative history and…