CHAPTER 50 – SPOKANE TRIBE RIGHT TO WORK CODE
Section 50-1 Findings and Purpose
50-1.01 Findings. The Spokane Tribal Business Council makes the following findings:
(a) The People of the Spokane Tribe have established a government to promote and protect
the sovereignty, rights, and interests of the Spokane Tribe of Indians, including, among
other reasons, to develop their community resources and to promote their economic and social
welfare.
(b) Work is central to Tribal personal and family existence, and to the promotion of the Tribe's
overall economic and social welfare.
(c) The federal government and many states (22) have enacted statutes or state
constitutional amendments that ensure that joining or paying fees to a labor union is not
a requirement of lawful employment within their jurisdictions.
(d) Within the Tribe's jurisdiction:
(1) workers should be free both to join unions and to refrain from joining unions;
(2) unions should not be able to force employers to include clauses in their union
contracts that re q ui re a ll emp lo ye es to eit her j oi n t he u ni on , o r pa y
u ni on d ue s a s a c o ndi t io n o f employment;
(e) Right-to-work jurisdictions experience higher economic growth and job creation than do
non-right to work law jurisdictions.
(f) Right-to-work jurisdictions typically have lower unemployment rates.
Legislative History - Adopted 02/12/09, Resolu 2009-140
Section 50-3 Definitions
50-3.01 Definitions. The purpose of this Spokane Tribe Right to Work Code, this section defines certain
terms. The word "shall" is always mandatory and never advisory. The word "may" is discretionary.
(a) "Employer" means any person, firm, association, corporation, and other entity operating in or
upon the Spokane Indian Reservation or lands held in trust for the benefit of the Tribe
outside the exterior boundaries of the Reservation, and directly or indirectly employing 1 or
more employees to perform work.
(1) This Code does not apply to any such person, firm, association, corporation, or other
entity that has a principal place of business located outside the jurisdiction of the
Tribe, and operates within the jurisdiction of the Tribe pursuant to an agreement
with the Tribe to perform construction-related activities or to deliver goods or services.
(b) "Employee" means any person who works on behalf of an "Employer."
(c) "Labor Organization" means any organization, agency, or group of employees, or employee
committee, or plan in which employees participate, that is organized or exists for the purpose of
dealing with an employer or employers concerning hours of employment, wages, rates of
pay, benefits, working conditions, or grievances of any kind relating to employment.
(d) "Union Dues" means dues, fees, assessments, or other charges of any kind or amount, or their
equivalents paid or payable, directly, or indirectly, to a labor organization, or its agents, and
includes payments to any charity or other third party in lieu of such payments to a labor
organization.
(e) "Person" means any individual, labor organization, corporation, partnership, company,
association, or other legal entity, including the Spokane Tribe of Indians and any of the Spokane
Tribal Enterprises.
Legislative History - Adopted 02/12/09, Resolu 2009-140
Section 50-5 Right To Work
50-5.01 Prohibited Actions.
(a) No Employee shall be required, as a condition of employment or continuation of
employment within the jurisdiction of the Spokane Tribe of Indians, to do any of the following:
(1) Become or remain a member of a Labor Organization; or
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