At least 8,000 cattle producers will be surveyed on their attitudes about the beef checkoff as part of the settlement of the lawsuit.At least 8,000 cattle producers will be surveyed on their attitudes about the beef checkoff A system whereby an employer regularly deducts a portion of an employee's wages to pay union dues or initiation fees. The checkoff system is very attractive to a union since the collection of dues can be costly and time-consuming. as part of the settlement of the lawsuit lawsuit: see procedure; tort. challenging the checkoff that reached the U.S. Supreme Court. The largest single-attitude survey ever done on the checkoff was agreed to by the plaintiffs: the Livestock livestock Farm animals, with the exception of poultry. In Western countries the category encompasses primarily cattle, sheep, pigs, goats, horses, donkeys, and mules; other animals (e.g., buffalo, oxen, or camels) may predominate in other areas. Marketing Association and the Western Organization of Resource Councils, and the defendants: the U.S. Department of Justice representing the Cattlemen's Beef Board and the Nebraska Nebraska (nəbrăs`kə), Great Plains state of the central United States. It is bordered by Iowa and Missouri, across the Missouri R. (E), Kansas (S), Colorado (SW), Wyoming (NW), and South Dakota (N). Cattlemen's Association. |
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