Is this legal?
Union takes legal fees from non-members’ checks
Some North Las Vegas PD supervisors have refused to pick up settlement payments because of a union fee they say isn’t legal. Non-union command staff say the police supervisors’ union could face a lawsuit in the wake of a decision to charge non-members for their recently negotiated city settlement checks. The Police Supervisors Association — which represents four dozen members and non-member commanders in collective bargaining negotiations — won $143,000 in back pay as part of a long-awaited legal settlement reached with city leaders in May. The union took more than $1000 in “legal fees” off the top of checks owed to non-members last month, shaving more than one-third off the city-approved settlement total awarded to those command staffers.