INDEPENDENT GUARD ASSOCIATION, Local Number 1, Appellant, v. WACKENHUT SERVICES, INC., a Florida Corporation, and MORRIS T. RAGSDALE, Respondents, 90 Nev. 198

Summary

A union filed an action for declaratory judgment to determine the validity of its union-security "agency shop" agreement entered into with an employer. The district court found certain sections of the union-security agreement invalid and violative of Nevada's "right to work" law, Nev. Rev. Stat. §§ 613.230 - 613.300, and denied the union's request for relief. On appeal, the court affirmed the judgment. It held that the agreement was invalid because it was the practical equivalent of an agreement that required union membership as a condition of employment, and as such, it violated the "right to work" law.