New Jersey Turnpike Employees' Union, Local 194 v. New Jersey Turnpike Authority

Pee Cueiam.

The Appellate Division opinion, reported at 123 N. J. Super. 461 (1973) held that the proposed “agency shop” clause herein was contrary to the provision in N. J. S. A. 34:13A-5.3 that:

Public employees shall have, and shall be protected in the exercise of, the right, freely and without fear of penalty or reprisal, to form, join and assist any employee organization or to refrain from any such activity.

and therefore any such agency shop clause could not be lawfully included in the agreement negotiated between plaintiff-Union and defendant-Turnpike Authority.

This holding is hereby…