The Legal Environment of Business: Text and Cases (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781305967304
Author: Frank B. Cross, Roger LeRoy Miller
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 22, Problem 2IS
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Case summary:The person O applies for job position in the company P. The company required union membership as a condition for employment. Later the person O applied in the company Q which demanded the employee to become a member of union after six months of joining.
To find: The legality of the conditions of P and Q.
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