Belinda's religion prohibits paying union dues.She was recently hired as a truck driver by Open Highway Transportation,Inc.,where all of the drivers belong to a union and all newly hired drivers are required to join it within 90 days of accepting employment.Belinda refuses to join the union and asks that the requirement be waived for her.The union refuses and requests that Open Highway terminate Belinda.She will not be entitled to accommodation of her religious beliefs:

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Belinda will not be entitled to accommodation of her religious beliefs if the union can establish undue hardship by showing that her request was part of a widespread refusal to pay union dues. Employees with religious objections must be reasonably accommodated, including the possibility of the alternative of keeping their job without paying union dues. However, the union could prove undue hardship if many of the employees chose to have their dues instead paid to a nonunion, nonsectarian charitable organization chosen by the union and the employer since the impact on the union would not be insubstantial.

Belinda's Religion Prohibits Paying Union Dues