29 U.S.C. § 169 : US Code - Section 169: Employees with religious convictions; payment of dues and fees

Search 29 U.S.C. § 169 : US Code - Section 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.