TITLE 28
Labor and Labor Relations
CHAPTER 28-9.3
Certified School Teachers' Arbitration
SECTION 28-9.3-7
§ 28-9.3-7 Certification of negotiating
agent Payment of service charge by non-members.
(a) No association or organization shall be initially certified as the
representative of certified public school teachers except after an election.
(b) Teachers shall be free to join or to decline to join any
association or organization regardless of whether it has been certified as the
exclusive representative of certified public school teachers.
(c) If new elections are not held after an association or
labor organization is certified, the association or organization shall continue
as the exclusive representative of the certified public school teachers from
year to year until recognition is withdrawn or changed as provided in §
28-9.3-5.
(d) Elections shall not be held more often than once each
twelve (12) months and must be held at least thirty (30) days before the
expiration date of any employment contract.
(e) Where certified public school teachers have selected an
exclusive bargaining representative organization, all nonmembers of the
exclusive bargaining representative organization shall pay to the exclusive
bargaining organization a service charge as a contribution toward the
collective bargaining procedures involved in securing a contract and the
administration of any collective bargaining agreement in an amount equal to the
regular dues of the organization.
History of Section.
(P.L. 1966, ch. 146, § 1; P.L. 1975, ch. 54, § 1.)
