(the Act), which permit public employers to withhold and majority union representatives to receive representation fees assessed against employees who are not members of the union. These two consolidated actions each challenge the constitutionality of provisions of the New Jersey Employer-Employee Relations Act, N.J.S.A. Brudney, Bredhoff & Kaiser, Washington, D. Ruhlman, Jr., Ruhlman & Butrym, Pennington, N. J., for defendants Rutgers Council of American Ass'n of University Professors Chapters, Sandra Walther, Richard Peskin and Richard Laity.Ĭassel R. Ryan, Carpenter, Bennett & Morrissey, Newark, N. Mastriani, Chairman, Public Employment Relations Com'n.Įdward F. Counsel, Public Employment Relations Com'n, Trenton, N. Kieff, National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Springfield, Va., Jeffrey Cooper, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiffs. *1298 *1299 Henry Stein, Stein & Shapiro, Medford, N.