Posts tagged SMART Local 55
Workers Challenge NLRB Policy Permitting Employers and Union Bosses to Coerce Dues Payments Even in Absence of Union Contract
September 16, 2026 // In Washington State, Brittani Butler and four other employees at Holaday-Parks, Inc. resigned from their membership in SMART Local 55 and revoked their check-off authorization after the previous union contract had expired. Despite the requests, Local 55 continued collecting dues from their paychecks and failed to respond to any requests from her or her coworkers. Butler intends to challenge the validity of Frito-Lay’s limitations on employees’ right to cut off dues payments when no union contract exists. In a similar case, Cypress Meadowlark, an employee at Wayne Sanderson Farms in Hammond, Louisiana, also resigned her membership in UFCW Local 455 and revoked her check-off authorization