In an uncharacteristic decision by the current NLRB, the board sided with workers and ruled that a union violated its duty of fair representation in requiring nonmember dues objectors to restate their position every year, despite their express desire to have the objection continue from year to year. An employee of a Florida-based company took the IAM to task for requiring him to file an objection annually, requesting that his written 2003 objection be considered indefinite. When the union charged the employee monthly dues again in 2004, he filed a charge, which the board upheld. Only one of the five board members dissented (Mark Pearce).
