§ 169. — Employees with religious convictions; payment of dues and fees.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 29USC169]
TITLE 29--LABOR
CHAPTER 7--LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS
SUBCHAPTER II--NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS
Sec. 169. Employees with religious convictions; payment of dues
and fees
Any employee who is a member of and adheres to established and
traditional tenets or teachings of a bona fide religion, body, or sect
which has historically held conscientious objections to joining or
financially supporting labor organizations shall not be required to join
or financially support any labor organization as a condition of
employment; except that such employee may be required in a contract
between such employees' employer and a labor organization in lieu of
periodic dues and initiation fees, to pay sums equal to such dues and
initiation fees to a nonreligious, nonlabor organization charitable fund
exempt from taxation under section 501(c)(3) of title 26, chosen by such
employee from a list of at least three such funds, designated in such
contract or if the contract fails to designate such funds, then to any
such fund chosen by the employee. If such employee who holds
conscientious objections pursuant to this section requests the labor
organization to use the grievance-arbitration procedure on the
employee's behalf, the labor organization is authorized to charge the
employee for the reasonable cost of using such procedure.
(July 5, 1935, ch. 372, Sec. 19, as added Pub. L. 93-360, Sec. 3, July
26, 1974, 88 Stat. 397; amended Pub. L. 96-593, Dec. 24, 1980, 94 Stat.
3452.)
Amendments
1980--Pub. L. 96-593 inserted reference to nonlabor organization and
provisions respecting charges to employee for use of grievance-
arbitration procedure, and struck out applicability of provisions to
employees of health care institutions only.
Effective Date
Section 4 of Pub. L. 93-360 provided that: ``The amendments made by
this Act [enacting this section and section 183 of this title and
amending sections 152 and 158 of this title] shall become effective on
the thirtieth day after its date of enactment [July 26, 1974].''
