SAMPLE LETTER TO UNION:
[NOTE: It is recommended to send this letter by certified mail, return receipt.]
[At the same time that you resign from the union, you should also notify your employer.]
[insert your Name]
[insert your Mailing address]
[Date]
[insert Name of appropriate union officer]
[insert Name of union]
[insert Address of union]
Dear [insert Name of appropriate union officer]:
I am employed by [Name of employer] in the Right to Work state of [insert state’s name]. Effectively immediately, I resign from membership in the local union and all of its affiliated unions.
Since I have resigned my membership in the union, you must now immediately cease enforcing the dues check-off authorization agreement that I signed. That dues check-off authorization was signed solely in conjunction with, and in contemplation of, my becoming a member of the union and, as such, is no longer valid. See IBEW (Lockheed Space Operations Company), 302 NLRB 322 (1991); Washington Gas Light Co., 302 NLRB 425 (1991) (employer in RTW state must cease dues deduction upon receipt of resignation/revocation).
If you refuse to accept this letter as both an effective resignation and an immediately effective dues check-off revocation, I ask that you promptly inform me, in writing, of exactly what steps I must take to effectuate my revocation of the dues check-off authorization. More specifically, if you contend that I must meet a "window period" in order to revoke my dues check-off authorization, I ask that you promptly send me a copy of the actual dues deduction authorization form that I signed, and also tell me specifically what "window period" dates I must meet in order to revoke the dues check-off authorization.
Sincerely,
[Name]
Sample Letter to Employer of Union Resignation and Dues Revocation in Right to Work States
SAMPLE LETTER TO EMPLOYER:
[NOTE: It is recommended to send the letter by certified mail, return receipt requested.]
[insert your Name]
[insert your Mailing address]
[insert Date]
[insert Name of appropriate payroll department management employee]
[insert Name of department responsible for payroll deductions]
[insert Address of department responsible for payroll deductions]
Dear [insert Name of appropriate payroll department management employee]:
I am employed by [Name of employer] in the Right to Work state of [insert state’s name]. Effectively immediately, I resign from membership in the local union and all of its affiliated unions.
Because I have resigned my membership in the union, you must now immediately cease enforcing the dues check-off authorization agreement that I signed. That dues check-off authorization was signed solely in conjunction with, and in contemplation of, my becoming a member of the union and, as such, is no longer valid. See IBEW (Lockheed Space Operations Co.), 302 N.L.R.B. 322 (1991); Washington Gas Light Co., 302 N.L.R.B. 425 (1991) (employer in Right to Work state must cease dues deduction upon receipt of resignation/revocation).
If you refuse to accept this letter as both an effective resignation and an immediately effective dues check-off revocation, I ask that you promptly inform me, in writing, of exactly what steps I must take to effectuate my revocation of the dues check-off authorization. More specifically, if you contend that I must meet a “window period” in order to revoke my dues check-off authorization, I ask that you promptly send me a copy of the actual dues deduction authorization form that I signed, and also tell me specifically what “window period” dates I must meet in order to revoke the dues check-off authorization.
Sincerely,
[Name]
