Blog Post
Union Card No Longer Required for Community College Course
Kent Lang • May 17, 2018
The new Section C of A.R.S. § 15-1410 states:
"A community college under the jurisdiction of a community college district governing board may not offer a course with a prerequisite for enrollment that requires a student to be a member of a labor organization, a trade organization, or a trade guild or to participate in an industry apprenticeship program."
The amendment resolves a situation, unknown to many contractors and construction industry leaders, in which community college students wishing to take a class related to their vocation or field of study were denied enrollment unless they were a member of a particular union or trade organization."I am pleased to see that Arizona is making educational opportunities available to everyone," said Laurin Hendrix, president of the Maricopa County Community College District Board and owner of Accurate Lien, "including citizens that do not wish to support labor union activities in a right-to-work state."
You may wish to notify your employees that, after the new law goes into effect in July, they cannot be denied enrollment in a community college course for lack of membership in a trade union or any other organization.
