April 17, 2008

Federal Court Sides With Nonmembers on Refunds of Union Dues

By David Glenn

The faculty union at the City University of New York must make it easier for nonmembers to receive refunds of union dues that are spent on activities other than collective bargaining, a federal judge ruled last week.

Magistrate Judge Lois Bloom of the U.S. District Court in Brooklyn found that the union, which is known as the Professional Staff Congress, misleadingly categorized certain political expenditures as "office supplies" expenses in a 2003 financial report.

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