20 Dec 2012 Board Overturns a 50-Year Old Precedent
National Labor Relations Board | Gerald LutkusThe NLRB’s relentless march towards reshaping U.S. labor law continued this month when the Board overruled its own 50-year old policy on whether dues may be withdrawn from employee checks after the expiration of a collective bargaining agreement. The Board, on Dec. 12, 2012, overruled its Bethlehem Steel decision from 1962 in which it had previously held that once a collective-bargaining agreement had expired, if that agreement contained a dues check-off clause, the employer…