Non-union members covered by our MOU

[SHRED]

I work for a California city.
We have a Bargaining Unit that is not an Agency Shop.
In other words we have people covered under our "Memorandum Of Understanding" (MOU) who do not pay any dues or Agency fees.

As a shop steward I am trying to find out our legal responsibility in representing these "scabs" during a disciplinary hearing.
Our Business Agent has told us that we have an obligation to represent them on anything pertaining to the MOU, if they asked, but that our obligation does not include legal help or advice from our union attorneys or from the Business Agent. They would be "on their own". We as stewards, when asked, would only provide a witness to fulfill their Weingarten Rights.

Is this pretty accurate?

Thanks

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[Omaha Steve]

1. That is the way it works in Nebraska, a right to work for less state

I'm in AFSCME local 251. As for the City of Omaha employees, we have to provide representation for the first two levels of discipline etc... The first level is an inquiry. The second level is a Loudermill hearing. If it is a union member, we provide our lawyer (also represents the state AFL-CIO) for the Laudermill. A non member almost always only gets a union officer.

Laudermill info: http://www.mrsc.org/focus/hradvisor/hra0405.aspx