June 29

The U.S. Supreme Court rules in CWA v. Beck that, in a union security agreement, a union can collect as dues from non-members only that money necessary to perform its duties as a collective bargaining representative – 1988
 

Also on this date: What is to be a 7-day streetcar strike begins in Chicago after several workers are unfairly fired. Executive Order signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt establishes the National Labor Relations Board. IWW strikes Weyerhauser and other Idaho lumber camps. Jesus Pallares, founder of the 8,000-member coal miners union, Liga Obrera de Habla Espanola, is deported as an "undesirable alien". The Boilermaker and Blacksmith unions merge to become International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers. The newly-formed Jobs With Justice stages its first big support action, backing 3,000 picketing Eastern Airlines mechanics at Miami Airport.

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