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A General Motors Co. employee at the company’s Orion Assembly Plant in Orion Township has filed an unfair labor practice charge against the automaker, the United Auto Workers and UAW Local 5960, claiming he repeatedly was denied his right to withdraw from the UAW and stop paying dues.

Daniel Lowery of Holly is claiming unfair labor practices against the three entities, according to a copy of the charges filed last week by the National Right to Work Defense Foundation Inc. on behalf of Lowery. The foundation says Lowery’s charges — the first it is aware of in Michigan by a UAW automaker trying to withdraw from the union — will be investigated by the federal National Labor Relations Board.

UAW autoworkers in Michigan have the right to withdraw from the union and stop paying dues. Michigan’s right-to-work legislation — which makes belonging to a union and paying dues optional for workers — took effect in March 2013. UAW autoworkers have had the right to opt out of the UAW since Sept. 14, when the Detroit Three’s contracts with the UAW expired and were extended, labor law experts say. The union has since secured new contracts with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, Ford Motor Co. and GM.



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GM Union Worker Sues Because He Can't Opt Out Of UAW

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