Official Text and Analysis.

Provides that an employer may deduct dues or fees from 10 an employee's pay only upon written authorization of the employee.

Allows the employer to offset the administrative cost 30 of processing and transmitting payments to the exclusive bargaining representative when the employer is required to deducted fees (other than union dues or equivalent fees) under a collective bargaining agreement..

Specifies that the bill is void and enforceable if the United State Supreme Court rules that mandatory payment of union dues or equivalent fees is unconstitutional as applied to public sector employees.

Reinserts the requirement that the employee's written authprization to deduct dues be filed with the employer. MAkes that requirement explicit in the statutes governing nonstate public employees..

Conforms the marine employee collective bargaining statutes to the changes made in the bill.

Authorizes the attorney general or an injured party to bring a civil action under the Consumer Protection Act for any unfair or deceptive acts engaged in by an exclusive bargaining representative that receives union dues without prior written authorization from the employees of its bargaining units.

Requires employers that automatically deduct any union dues or fees without written authorization to provide annual notice to employees of their rights to give or withdraw their consent to the withholding and other rights pertaining to the payment of union dues or fees.

Holds an employer harmless for any damages arising from the deduction of dues or fees from an employee's pay without written authorization subject to a union security clause if such a deduction is found to violate any rights guaranteed under state or federal law. Provides that an exclusive bargaining representative is not held harmless.

Requires the amount of an agency shop fee to be equivalent to or less than a pro rata share of estimated expenditures for purposes germane to the collective bargaining process, to contract administration, or to pursuing matters affecting wages, hours, and other conditions.

Prohibits the use of any due or fee received by an exclusive bargaining representative from being used to fund any political committee, candidate, or to influence any ballot proposition. Creates a cause of action for treble damages and attorneys' fees for employees whose dues or fees are used to fund a political committee, candidate, or to influence a ballot proposition.

Replaces the provisions of the bill with a task force organized by the Public Employment Relations Commission to examine the liability for automatic payroll deductions for the payment of dues or fees to an exclusive bargaining representative, the nature of the exclusive bargaining representatives receiving the payroll deductions, and the relationship between automatic payroll deductions and the civil rights of the employees.

Provides that a bargaining representative is not obligated to represent employees who are not members of the bargaining representative. Provides that employees who do not want to be members of the bargaining representative may represent themselves, however, the employer is not obligated to bargain or agree to terms with the employee.

Removes original provisions of the bill and requires written authorization from the employee in order for the employer to enforce a union security agreement by deduction of dues or fees from the employee's pay.

Modifies the standard for religious nonassociation with regard to union membership by authorizing employees asserting religious nonassociation to make payments to any charitable organization participating in the Washington State Combined Fund Drive.

Requires written authorization from the employee in order for the employer to enforce a union security agreement by deduction of fees from the employee's pay and requires employers to receive written authorization annually and keep such authorization on file.

Prohibits an exclusive bargaining representative from collecting dues or fees unless it files a report containing contact and procedural information to the Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC). Prohibits exclusive bargaining representatives representing one hundred or more employees from collecting dues or fees unless they file an annual financial report with PERC.

Requires an employer to stop withholding the amount of dues or fees from an employee's pay within forty-five days of receiving written notice from the employee.

Removes nonstate employers, community and technical colleges, and four-year universities from the provisions of the bill..

Requires the Public Employment Relations Commission to provide notice to certain public employers regarding an employee's rights regarding union membership and dues payment annually, and to post the notice on its web site.

Requires exclusive bargaining representatives that receive dues or fees without the written authorization of the employee to submit an annual report to the Public Employment Relations Commission.