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Show Ruling Favors WASHINGTON (AP) workers in states can not be forced to pay union fees, even if the payments a re used solely for enforcement of a labor contract, a federal appeals court panel said Friday. The 1 decision said any agreement to get to pay a fair share of the cost of contract enforcement would violate a provision of the 1947 y Non-unio- n right-to-wor- k 2-- Taft-Hartle- The provision allows states to permit free rid- ers,' said senior U.S. Circuit Judge J. Edward Lumbad. writing the majority opinion for the panel of the U.S. Court of ' Appeals. Free riders are nonunion members who do not pay dues or fees but who receive the benefits .of a labor agreement. Unions are required by law to represent all workers in a bargaining unit, ! whether or not they belong to the labor organ- ization. 1 legislation that prolUbit compulsory union membership and compulsory payment of fees or dues in order for a worker to y keep his job. The law permits unTaft-Hartle- ions in states to negotiate agreements that require some form of payment from members in a non-unio- n collective bargaining unit. In a dissenting opinion, U.S. Circuit Judge Abner Mikva agreed that the Taft-Hartle- Act. Non-Unio- y law pre-va- nt pAmniikorvit nav ment of the equivalent of k full union dues in states. But Mikva said the vuia right-to-wor- Workers n same interpretation does not apply when the union only seeks to collect from the cost of enforcing the contract. This so-calle- d representation fee does not finance unitn activities unrelated to contract enforcement. The court case resulted from a dispute that arose during contract negotiations between the International Papei Co. and the internationa union of the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and the Pipefitting Industry of the United States and Canada. The company filed an unfair labor practice charge against the union after the union insisted on imposing the representation fee on everyone in the bargaining unit. The National Labor Relations Board upheld the company, ruling that y law prothe hibited any such forced payments by nonmembers in states. Congress knew of the rider nrohlom: it knew of the state laws at issue here ; it passed (the Submarine The Globe k provision) anyway," Lombard said. CHICAGO (AP) Reuter New s Agency WASHINGTON The U.S. nuclear-Kwereatd tack submarine Seahorse will return to its home port of Charleston, S.C., Monday after a 4(i,000-mil- e voy- age around the world, the Navy said Friday. Tlie ship, with its crew of 140 men. traveled submerged for 148 of its 151 days at sea. Only five other U.S. submarines have made around-the-worl- the Navy said. 17, 1982 trips, More consum- ers should take advantage of a federal law to put the squeeze on manufacturers who stick them with shoddy cars and other goods, a specialist in the field told a gathering of lawyers on Chicago Ix'inon Law Day" Friday. A lemon speaks for itself. said Clarence Ditlow, an attorney and head of the Center for Auto Safety in Washington. Ditlow said that although he believes most cases involving lemons can be won, too few consumers and lawyers are using a 1975 law to get help. The center sponsored the daylong program, called the Lemon Law Litigation Conference, to tell Our decorative delight: sofas and more on sale had been taken to court or settled under the act. If somebody w'aiks into my office and says he has been to the dealer 20 times and his car is still not fixed. I would be very surprised to see him lose the case, Ditlow said. But in many cases, the attorneys were not aware of the law and those who were, were reluctant to be the first on the block to use it." lawyers about precedents, courtroom tactics and negotiating techniques in such cases. Earlier tliis week. Mayor Jane Byrne proclaimed the day "Lemon Law Day and got a sour response from Virginia Knauer, director of the U.S. Office of Consumer (Affairs. Under the 1975 law, the Magnu-son-Mos- s Act. consumers can sue and if successful have attorney fees paid - if they havent gotten refunds, repairs, replacements or other satisfaction on any defective warrant itxl product. Ditlow said the center receives about 30,000 complaints a year, most relating to autos. But he said that as of 1980, only about 50 cases Ditlow defined a lemon as any product that has a single major defect winch cant be fixed after the third trip to the manufacturer in other words, three strikes or has a series and youre out of delects, like you go back nine times for different problems. Patio pleasures on sale now The court ruling would to the nations apply states, 'right-to-wor- k those which have passed Transit Strike Surprises Boston BOSTON A (AP) wildcat strike by transit workers paralyzed traf- Bostons rush hour fic Friday morning and 300,000 commu- stranded ters who take public buses, subways and trolleys to work. Union officials ordered ini end to the strike early Friday evening about an hour after a judge sent three union officers to jail. The union told the 3,200 striking transit workers to return to their jobs immediately. The three union officials who had been held in contempt were freed lifter the union called off the work stoppage. 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