Why is the notice sometimes called the Beck poster?
A. These rights are often referred to as “Beck rights” because they were first recognized in 1988 by the United States Supreme Court in Communications Workers of America v. Beck. Under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), an employer and a union may enter into an agreement requiring all employees in the bargaining unit to pay periodic union dues or fees as a condition of continued employment, whether or not the employees otherwise wish to become union members. The Court held that a union may not, over the objections of nonmember employees, expend funds collected from their compulsory agency fee payments on activities that are not related to collective bargaining, contract administration, or grievance adjustment.
