Tennessee Right to Work Law Poster

TENNESSEE RIGHT TO WORK LAW	   	
Tennessee Code Annotated §50-1-201 et seq. states that it  
is unlawful for any employer or organization of any kind: 	
1.  To deny or attempt to deny employment to any person by reason  
of the person’s membership in, affiliation with, resignation from   
or refusal to join or affiliate with any labor union or employee   
organization of any kind.
2.  To enter into any contract, combination or agreement, written or 
oral, providing for exclusion from employment of any person   
because of membership in, affiliation with, resignation from or   
refusal to join or affiliate with any labor union or employee   
organization of any kind	
.	
3.  To exclude from employment an person by reason of the person’s 
payment of or failure to pay dues, fees, assessments or other 
charges to any labor union or employee organization of any kind.	
 	
4. Operating in this state to execute an agreement with a union or 
employee organization of any kind that includes a maintenance of 
membership clause prohibiting employees for withdrawing from a 
labor union or employee organization prior to the agreement’s   
expiration.  This section shall not apply to a city, town, municipality 
or county including a county having a metropolitan form of   
government.  
An employer or organization of any kind violating any of the  
provisions of this part commits a Class A misdemeanor.  	
State Of Tennessee 
Department Of Labor And Workforce Development  220 French Landing DriveNashville, TN 37243