Because balloting in such union-preferred election methods is conducted outside the supervision of the NLRB, union agents can and do employ pressure tactics while the vote is ongoing.
Category: Labor
The National Right to Work Foundation, appalled at the demand, defended Russell Chacon – and won! Now, the union can’t force non-union members to pay up. They also make it clear to members that they won’t do this by posting it somewhere visibly.
With free legal representation from National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation staff attorneys, Michigan Rieth-Riley Construction Company employees Rob Nevins and Jesse London have won settlements against International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) Local 324 union bosses. The settlements stem from charges of retaliation the workers filed during the strike IUOE union bosses ordered … Continue reading Workers win settlement against union bosses over illegal strike retaliation
A University of California Irvine lab assistant has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the university and the University Professional and Technical Employees (UPTE) union, a Communications Workers of America (CWA) affiliate. The case, filed with free legal aid from the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, challenges the university’s illegal seizure of … Continue reading California lab assistant sues union bosses for violating 1st Amendment rights
Workers at a Memphis branch of Geodis Logistics filed a brief with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) asking the Board to finally hold a union decertification election the workers have been requesting for over three years. The brief blasted a dissenting opinion by NLRB Chairman Lauren McFerran that argued the workers’ petition should be … Continue reading Workers trying to vote out union bosses blast NLRB chair for citing unpassed law to block election
A University of California Irvine lab assistant has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the university and the University Professional and Technical Employees (UPTE) union, a Communications Workers of America (CWA) affiliate. The case, filed with free legal aid from the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, challenges the university’s illegal seizure of … Continue reading Lab Assistant Sues California over Policy Allowing Govt Union Bosses to Seize Dues
Following an investigation by National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) officials, a formal settlement has now forced International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail, and Transportation Workers (SMART) Local 9 union officials to inform workers about their right to resign their union memberships, and that it will not ignore such resignations or mete out internal union … Continue reading Metal Worker Wins Settlement in Case Against Sheet Metal Union Bosses for Illegal $21,000 Fine
30 maintenance workers from Rush University in Chicago recently voted against the Teamsters Local 743. 70% voted to remove power from the union, arguing that the work conditions and pay were not as promised. Now having the union gone, the workers can negotiate for themselves. In The Center Square, National Right to Work Foundation Vice President Patrick … Continue reading Chicago Rush University workers vote to boot Teamster bosses
Desert Springs Hospital Medical Center workers have been represented by the SEIU Local 1107 for some time. However, the workers seem to all agree that the union doesn’t represent them appropriately. So in a recent vote, the workers voted them out with a not-so-shocking win of 39-13. This means the union will be decertified, freeing … Continue reading Las Vegas hospital workers win vote to boot out SEIU bosses
The “Protecting the Right to Organize Act”, aka “PRO Act”, is one of the ways that Democrats are trying to stomp down Right to Work and make it easier for Unions to force themselves upon workers. In fact, union supporter and Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders is trying to push the PRO Act to … Continue reading Democrats Push for Union PRO Act in Legislative Package
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