Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 39. LABOR

CHAPTER 31. COLLECTIVE BARGAINING FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYEES

Part 4. Unfair Labor Practices

Unfair Labor Practices Of Labor Organization

39-31-402. Unfair labor practices of labor organization. It is an unfair labor practice for a labor organization or its agents to:

(1) restrain or coerce:

(a) employees in the exercise of the right guaranteed in 39-31-201; or

(b) a public employer in the selection of a representative for the purpose of collective bargaining or the adjustment of grievances;

(2) refuse to bargain collectively in good faith with a public employer if it has been designated as the exclusive representative of employees;

(3) use agency shop fees for contributions to political candidates or parties at state or local levels.

History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 441, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 36, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 97, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 384, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 59-1605(2); amd. Sec. 1515, Ch. 56, L. 2009.