Stines v. Oregon State Employes Ass'n

This is an appeal from a determination of the Employment Relations Board (ERB) on stipulated facts holding invalid a "maintenance of membership provision” embodied in the collective bargaining agreement between petitioner (union) and the University of Oregon Health Sciences Center (employer). As a result of the invalidity of the provision, ERB additionally held certain actions taken pursuant to the provision constituted an unfair labor practice within the meaning of ORS 243.672 (lXc).1

The provision central to this controversy is Article 5 of the collective bargaining agreement between union…