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Media Contacts:
For interviews, comments, or information, contact the Foundation at:
1-800-336-3600
E-mail may be sent to:
Stefan Gleason, Vice President
Patrick Semmens, Director of Legal Information

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2000 News Releases

12/21/00	Seattle, WA	Boeing Engineer Hits Engineering Union with Federal Charges
12/19/00	Ellensburg, WA	UPS Worker Hits Teamsters Union with Federal Charges
11/28/00	Pomona, CA	Wiccan Files Religious Discrimination Suit Against California Faculty Association Union
11/28/00	Alexandria, VA	Federal Court Strikes Down Machinist Union's Nationwide Employee Harassment Scheme
11/16/00	Athens, WI	Workers Slap Teamsters Union With New Federal Charges for Hiding Political Spending
11/13/00	Elizabethtown, KY	Union Forces Firing of Kroger Employee for Objecting to Union Political Spending
11/02/00	New Wilmington, PA	Workers Sue Local Teamsters Union for Hiding Political Spending
10/31/00	Janesville, WI	Workers Sue Local Teamsters Union for Hiding Political Spending
10/18/00	Alexandria, VA	1000 Airline Employees Join Nationwide Lawsuit Against Machinist Union
10/04/00	Cleveland, OH	Largest Teacher Union To Be Prosecuted For National Policy of Religious Discrimination
09/27/00	San Juan Pueblo, NM	U.S. Appellate Court Upholds Indian Tribe's Right to Work Law
09/25/00	Eatontown, NJ	Union Officials Post Confidential Information on Bulletin Board to Intimidate Postal Workers
09/18/00	Charlotte, NC	Court Holds USAir and Union Liable For Firing Workers Refusing to Fund Union Electioneering
09/07/00	Chicago, IL	Appellate Court Overturns Forced Union Dues Scheme Used by Powerful Illinois Unions
08/21/00	Anchorage, AK	Laborers Union to be Prosecuted for Violating Nurses' Rights
08/16/00	Los Angeles, CA	Worker Rights Advocate: Union Speeches at Democrat National Convention Reek of Hypocrisy
08/15/00	Los Angeles, CA	University of California Employees File Civil Rights Lawsuit against Governor Gray Davis
08/09/00	Springfield, VA	Legal Foundation to Assist Non-Striking Verizon Employees Targeted by Union Violence
08/08/00	San Francisco, CA	Federal Judge Blocks CTA Union and School Districts From Seizing Dues From Teachers
07/31/00	Winchester, VA	Court Clears Path for Trial in Gruesome Union Violence Suit
07/31/00	Los Angeles, CA	Janitors Slap Union with Federal Charges
07/17/00	Sacramento, CA	14,000 CSU Professors Join Statewide Forced Unionism Challenge
06/29/00	Philadelphia, PA	Worker Rights Advocate Demands Apology from AFL-CIO's John Sweeney
06/26/00	New York, NY	Secretive union officials refuse to provide employee with accounting of vast union political expenditures
06/22/00	Glen Ridge, NJ	Union-abused Michigan Workers File Federal Charges
06/22/00	Grand Rapids, MI	Security Firm Socked with Federal Charges
06/13/00	Las Vegas, NV	Employees File Unfair Labor Practice Charges Against MGM Grand Hotel & Casino
05/24/00	Commerce City, CO	Union Officials Threaten to Get UPS Employee Fired From Job
05/17/00	Corvallis, OR	Albertson's Rehires Employee Fired for Exercising his Right not to Join a Union
05/15/00	Bay City, MI	Mammoth Michigan Union Forced to Return $150,000 in Union Dues to 450 Teachers
05/08/00	Carson City, NV	Nevada Supreme Court Overturns Union Monopoly Privilege Over State Workforce
04/28/00	Edinburgh, IN	Union Demands Firing of Lear Employee Resulting from His Deeply Held Religious Beliefs
04/20/00	San Francisco, CA	Court Allows 1500 State Health Employees to Join Forced Unionism Lawsuit
04/10/00	Fresno, CA	Riverbank Teachers Sue Local Union Officials and School Board for Illegally Seizing Dues
04/05/00	Corvallis, OR	Union Illegally Forces Firing of Albertson's Employee, Federal Suit Filed
03/21/00	Anchorage, AK	Anchorage Nurses File Federal Charges Against Local Union over Illegal Threats
03/06/00	Sacramento, CA	Court Allows 10,000 CSU Employees to Join Statewide Forced Unionism Challenge
03/06/00	San Francisco, CA	Teachers File Federal Lawsuit Against Teacher Union and School Districts Statewide
03/01/00	Sacramento, CA	California Union Bosses Today Seize $3.7 Million from University Employees
02/24/00	Anchorage, AK	Anchorage Hospital Employees File Federal Charges Against Laborers' Union over Illegal Threats
02/24/00	Sacramento, CA	CSU Faculty File Suit Against California's New Higher-Education Forced-Unionism Law
02/16/00	Sacramento, CA	CSU Employees Vow Appeal While Statewide Forced-Union-Dues Suit Moves Forward
02/01/00	Alexandria, VA	United Airlines Employees Sue Union for Violating Their Free Speech Rights
01/18/00	San Fransisco, CA	San Francisco Firefighters Sue Willie Brown and Union Officials for Illegally Seizing Dues
01/18/00	Sacramento, CA	CSU Employees Challenge Constitutionality of New State Compulsory Unionism Law
01/18/00	Washington, DC	U.S. Supreme Court Overturns Ruling Which Blocks Employee Challenges to Union Political Spending
01/14/00	Albuquerque, NM	Albuquerque City Employees Sue Union for Illegally Seizing Dues

1999 News Releases

12/20/99	Sacramento, CA	Largest State Employee Union Enjoined by Court Order from Collecting Compulsory Union Dues
12/08/99	Seattle, WA	Union Threatens To Get Seattle-Area Health Care Workers Fired For Refusing to Pay for Union Politics
11/23/99	Hazleton, PA	Former Union Local President Beats Union in Federal Suit
11/15/99	Cleveland, OH	Newspaper Union Officials Stripped of Forced Unionism Power Over Workers
11/02/99	Sacramento, CA	State Employees Sue Davis Administration and Largest State Union for Illegally Seizing Dues
10/12/99	Los Angeles, CA	Worker Rights Advocate Blasts AFL-CIO Brass for Hypocrisy
10/11/99	Springfield, VA	National Group To Provide Free Legal Aid to Workers Reclaiming Forced Union Dues Spent On AFL-CIO's Political Campaign
10/07/99	Washington, DC	NLRB Rules That American Employees Should Be Fired for Not Paying For Union Organizing Drives
10/04/99	Seattle, WA	Foundation Quashes Nationwide Machinists Union Scheme to Force Workers to Pay For Politics
09/22/99	Cincinnati, OH	Cincinnati Teamsters Union to be Prosecuted for Reneging on Settlement Agreement with Pepsi-Cola Workers
09/15/99	Washington, DC	NLRB Forced to Pay $10,000 for Stonewalling a Worker's Union-Dues-for-Politics Case
09/01/99	Miami, FL	UPS Employee Files Civil Conspiracy Lawsuit After Stabbing by Teamsters Union Assailants
08/02/99	Charlotte, NC	Airplane Mechanics Sue US Air and Union For Firing Workers For Not Funding Union Politics
07/23/99	Hayward, CA	Hayward Employees File Federal Civil Rights Lawsuit Against Park District
07/23/99	Washington, DC	Appellate Court Orders Federal Labor Board to Explain Extraordinary Delay in Case Issuance
07/20/99	Washington, DC	Internal Clinton Administration Documents Prove Overt Bias at Federal Labor Agency
07/16/99	Boston, MA	Supreme Court Orders Massachusetts Teacher Union Locals to Cease Collection of Forced Dues
07/14/99	San Diego, CA	Governor And Union Agree to Fire State Employees Who Refuse to Fund Ballot Initiatives
07/01/99	Oklahoma City, OK	Clinton/Gore NLRB Sued a Third Time In A Month for Delays in Forced Union Dues Cases
06/22/99	Washington, DC	AFL-CIO's "Seven Days in June" Campaign Reeks of Hypocrisy
06/17/99	Washington, DC	Clinton/Gore NLRB Sued a Second Time This Month for Delays in Forced Union Dues Cases
06/10/99	Philadelphia, PA	Firefighter Union Officials Barred by Court Order From Collecting Forced Dues
06/03/99	Washington, DC	2 Employees Sue Clinton/Gore NLRB for 6-Year Delay in Forced Union Dues Case
05/25/99	Washington, DC	AFTRA Steward Threatens NPR Producer with "Blacklisting" For Filing Charges Against Union
05/20/99	Portland, OR	PacifiCorp Employees Reject Forced Union Dues
05/13/99	Washington, DC	Communications Workers Nationwide Win Right to Reclaim Millions in Illegally Seized Union Dues
04/26/99	Olympia, WA	WEA Union Drops Vindictive Lawsuit Against Teacher Support Group
04/26/99	San Francisco, CA	Federal Judge Rules That Unions and School Districts Are Violating Teachers’ Constitutional Rights
04/01/99	Columbus, OH	Columbus-Area Union Officials to be Prosecuted For Fining Worker $32,500
03/19/99	Springfield, IL	Employees Sue Union Officials in Forced-Dues Scam
03/10/99	Los Angeles, CA	KABC-TV Employees File Charges Against Union for Discrimination
03/02/99	Merced, CA	Union-Abused Workers Sock Teamsters with Federal Charges
02/12/99	Columbus, OH	Union Illegally Fines Worker $32,500
02/10/99	Harrisburg, PA	Teamsters Cave on Eve of Hearing Concerning Abuses During Teamsters/UPS Strike
02/2/99	Washington, DC	Union-Abused Employee Appeals NLRB Ruling Which 'Subverts the Principles of Beck'
01/29/99	Washington, DC	Clinton's NLRB Rules to Conceal from Workers True Use of Compulsory Union Dues
01/26/99	Akron, OH	Beacon Journal Worker Seeks Federal Injunction Against Teamsters, Paper

1998 News Releases

12/30/98	Tulsa,OK	Union to be Prosecuted in AFL-CIO Dues Extortion Scheme
12/22/98	Norfolk, VA	Siemens, Machinists Union Chiefs Retreat on Illicit 'Membership' Scam
12/7/98	Chicago, IL	Chicago Area Teamsters Union Agrees to Stop Punishing Workers with Illegal Strike Fines
12/3/98	San Juan Pueblo, NM	U.S. District Court Upholds Tribe's Right to Work Law
12/2/98	Anchorage, AK	Hundreds of Teachers Join Suit Against Union Hierarchy
12/2/98	Waukesha, WI	Local Teamsters Union Slapped With Second Round of Federal Labor Charges
11/23/98	Chicago, IL	Chicago Union Hit Big for Back Pay
11/16/98	Washington, DC	Internal NLRB Documents Reveal Bias
11/04/98	Washington, DC	Big Labor Hijacks Congressional Elections
11/03/98	Washington,DC	Supreme Court Green-lights Union Deception of Workers
11/02/98	Pigeon, MI	All Union Abused Steelworkers Eligible for Full Refund of Union Dues
10/23/98	Seattle, WA	WEA Dues Rebates Increase by 50%
10/21/98	Springfield, VA	New Budget "Deal" Makes $60 Million Payoff to Teacher Union Chiefs
10/8/98	Berkeley, CA	Kaiser Employee Files Unfair Labor Practice Charges Against Union
10/8/98	Seattle, WA	Union Dues Settlement Reaches 9,000 Teachers Statewide
10/5/98	Washington, DC	U.S. Supreme Court Weighs Key Union-Dues-for-Politics Case
10/2/98	Orlando, FL	Lucent Workers Charge Union With Unfair Labor Practices
10/1/98	Washington, DC	Communications Workers Nationwide May Reclaim Tens of Millions in Illegally Seized Union Dues
9/28/98	Rapid City, SD	Teamsters Officials Crumble Under Mounting Legal Pressure
9/18/98	Dallas, TX	High Court Showdown Likely on 'Illegitimate' Union Political Collection Schemes
8/13/98	Homer, AK	Federal Labor Charges: Longshoremen and Employers Run "Bubba" Shop
8/12/98	Newport News, VA	Worker Slaps Machinists Union With Federal Labor Charges
8/10/98	Washington, DC	Court of Appeals Torches Clinton NLRB for Stripping Worker Rights
8/6/98	Seattle, WA	Seattle Union Officials to Face Trial for Illegally Deducting Dues for Politics
8/4/98	Washington, DC	Clinton Administration Attempts to Block Supreme Court Hearing Which Could Strengthen Workers' Rights
7/31/98	Washington, DC	Teamsters Nationwide March Tramples UPS Employee Rights
7/30/98	Albuquerque, NM	Teamsters Officials Crumble on Eve of First National NLRB Hearing on Teamsters Strike Against UPS
7/28/98	Orlando, FL	Teamsters Officials Crumble in the Wake of Mounting Foundation Legal Pressure
7/24/98	Tamaqua, PA	National Postal Union Nailed with NLRB Complaint for Unfair Labor Practices
7/17/98	Sioux Falls, SD	UPS Worker Charges Teamsters Union With Unfair Labor Practices
7/8/98	Washington, DC	NLRB Chairman Resigns After Stonewalling Workers' Rights for Four Years
7/2/98	Bakersfield, CA	NLRB Charges Bakersfield Teamsters Officials With Federal Unfair Labor Practices
7/2/98	Chambersburg, PA	Teamsters Union Slapped with Federal Labor Complaint
7/2/98	Washington, DC	Employee Files Suit Against Clinton NLRB for 'Unconscionable' 6-Year Delay in Beck Case
6/2/98	Harrington, DE	Teamsters Slapped with Federal Labor Complaint
5/26/98	Washington, DC	Supreme Court Grants Workers Unrestricted Right to Challenge Union Stonewalling in Federal Court
5/11/98	Louisville, KY	Teamsters Chiefs Cave in Under NLRB Settlement
5/5/98	Anchorage, AK	Educators File Federal Class-Action Lawsuit Against Professors Union
5/5/98	Grand Rapids, MI	UPS Workers Charge Teamsters Union With Unfair Labor Practices
5/1/98	Harrisburg, PA	Teamsters Slapped with Federal Labor Complaint
4/22/98	Chicago, IL	UPS Workers Charge Teamsters Union With Unfair Labor Practices
4/22/98	Kalamazoo, MI	Teamsters Crumble In First NLRB Settlement From Teamsters Strike on UPS
4/22/98	Chicago, IL	UPS Workers Charge Teamsters Union With Unfair Labor Practices
4/2/98	Houston, TX	UPS, Teamsters Collude in Forced-dues Ripoff Scheme
3/23/98	Washington, D.C.	Supreme Court Hears Case That Endangers Big Labor's Political Spending Plans
3/12/98	Chambersburg, PA	Pennsylvania's UPS Workers Swamp Teamsters Chiefs With More Federal Charges
3/11/98	San Diego, CA	City, Teamsters Illegally Collude to Hold Public Workers Hostage
2/25/98	San Francisco, CA	UPS Worker Fined $10,000 by Teamsters Officials for Speaking to CNN News Crew
2/24/98	Olympia, WA	WEA Union Bullies, Harasses Educators With "Infringement" Suit
2/12/98	Bay City, MI	Hundreds Join Suit Against NEA/MEA
2/18/98	Selinsgrove, PA	Teamsters, Philips Illegally Colluded to Force Union Membership
2/10/98	Spokane, WA	UPS Workers Charge Teamsters Chiefs With Unfair Labor Practices
2/6/98	Washington, D.C.	Employees Urge U.S. Supreme Court to Allow Unrestricted Access to Union Books
2/4/98	Roanoke, VA	EEOC Suit: Union, Alliant Violated Baptist Worker's Civil Rights
2/3/98	Washington, D.C.	ALPA Union Lawyer to NLRB: "Stay Out of Our Supreme Court Case"
1/23/98	Bakersfield, CA	EEOC: Teamsters Chiefs Persecute Religious UPS Workers
1/13/98	Oklahoma City, OK	UPS Workers Charge Teamsters Chiefs With Unfair Labor Practices
1/9/98	Philadelphia, PA	UPS Workers Charge Teamsters Chiefs With Unfair Labor Practices
1/9/98	Kalamazoo, MI	Employee Files Federal Lawsuit Against SEIU Union Affiliate, School District
1/9/98	Washington, D.C.	Organized Labor Urges U.S. Supreme Court to Keep Union Books Closed
1/6/98	Bakersfield, CA	UPS Workers Charge Teamsters Chiefs With Unfair Labor Practices
1/6/98	Washington, DC	NEA Union Climbs On in Upcoming Supreme Court Case on Forced Union Dues
1/5/98	Washington, DC	AFL-CIO Piles On in Upcoming Supreme Court Case on Forced Union Dues

1997 News Releases

12/12/97	Anchorage, AK	Appeals Court Blasts Union-fee "Arbitration"
12/8/97	San Diego, CA	Federal Lawsuit Settlement: Teacher Union Can't Force Membership
12/5/97	San Francisco, CA	Teachers File Federal Lawsuit Against CTA Union Affiliates, School Districts
12/3/97	Denver, CO	UPS Workers Hit Teamsters with Federal Charges
12/2/97	Springfield, VA	Right to Work Foundation Adds Another Civil Rights Attorney to Expert Legal Staff
11/26/97	San Francisco, CA	Arbitrator Rubber Stamps CTA Union's Political Dues Disclosure
11/21/97	Harrisburg, PA	Teacher Union Settles Lawsuit to Avoid Exposing Political Spending Operation
11/17/97	Baltimore, MD	New Teamsters Pact With UPS Challenged as Illegal
10/14/97	Newport News, VA	Right to Work Attorneys Halt Assault on Va. Right to Work Law
9/24/97	San Diego, CA	California Teacher Union Officials to Stop Holding Teachers Hostage
9/15/97	Springfield, VA	Right to Work Leader to State Labor Officials: Enforce the Law
9/12/97	Napa, CA	Workers Sue Union for Illegal Forced-dues Collection
9/10/97	Cincinnati, OH	U.S. Court of Appeals Dumps NLRB Decision -- Voids Union Officials' Scheme to Trick Workers
8/27/97	Washington, D.C.	Teamsters Pension Fund Cut Off Sick Child's Health Care
8/20/97	Chambersburg, PA	Union Violates Law in Compulsory Dues Rip-off Scheme
8/14/97	Washington, D.C.	International, Local Teamsters Unions Charged With Lies, Threats Against UPS Workers
8/14/97	Washington, D.C.	Teamsters International Union Served With Federal Labor Charge
8/12/97	Springfield, VA	Hundreds of UPS Workers Contact RTW Foundation About Rights
7/31/97	Cleveland, OH	Federal Lawsuit: Union Bosses "Railroad" Employee Rights
7/30/97	Washington, DC	New Research Exposes AAA's Big-Labor Bias
7/30/97	Charlotte, NC	Bell South Illegally Forces Workers to Wear Union "Logo" or be Fired
7/11/97	Hartford, CT	Union Chiefs Illegally Forced Worker's Firing
7/3/97	Oakland, CA	Foundation Attorneys Win "Justice for Janitors"
7/2/97	Youngstown, OH	Union Officials Work "Overtime" to Elude Financial Disclosure
6/25/97	Miami, FL	U.S. Customs Worker "Scorned" from Women's Conference
6/11/97	Washington, DC	Court Upholds Decision Slamming Union "Arbitrations"
6/9/97	Philadelphia, PA	Big Labor to Workers-"Pay for Politics or Be Fired"
6/4/97	Cleveland, OH	Newspaper Union Loses Last-Ditch Bid to Block Employee Election
6/3/97	Washington, DC	7.8 Million Workers May Be Forced to Pay for International Union Activities
5/22/97	Phoenix, AZ	All-Out Statewide "Organizing" Blitz May Jeopardize Workers' Rights, Safety
5/16/97	Denver, CO	Illegally Fired Pilot Seeks More Than $500,000 From Union
5/15/97	Seattle, WA	Thousands Join Suit Against NEA/WEA
5/14/97	Las Vegas, NV	Attorney General Undermines Nevada's Popular Right to Work Law
5/14/97	Fallon, NV	Employer Drops Illegal Attempt to Force Workers to Join Union
4/21/97	Springfield, VA	Right to Work Announces Addition of Attorney to Legal Staff
4/14/97	Norfolk, VA	Teamster Officials Abuse UPS Employees With Illegal Coercion, Threats
4/4/97	Indianapolis, IN	Labor Judge May Force Union to Return Illegally Seized Dues to Thousands of Employees
3/25/97	Cleveland, OH	Newspaper Union Officials Coerce and Harass Employees
3/21/97	Harrisburg, PA	State Teacher Union Must Prove Cost Of Collective Bargaining To Federal Court
3/17/97	Augusta, GA	Veteran Worker Fired for Exercising Right to Work
3/14/97	Washington, DC	Employees Cannot Be Forced Into Union "Arbitrations"
3/11/97	Anchorage, AL	Court Declares Forced Union Dues Collections Illegal
2/24/97	Washington, DC	Labor Agency Forces Workers To Pay For Organized Labor's Politics
1/22/97	Fort Wayne, IN	Court Abolishes ISTA/NEA Union Contract
1/16/97	Harrisburg, PA	Court Orders NEA Books Opened to Investigation
1/16/97	Baltimore, MD	Union Seized A Quarter Million Dollars
1/7/97	Indio, CA	Union Illegally Doubled Workers' Dues

1996 News Releases

12/30/96	Detroit, MI	Union Militants Terrorize Workers
12/20/96	Oakland, CA	Union Officials Play Scrooge
12/10/96	Hartford, CT	Union Chiefs Illegally Forced Worker Firing
11/22/96	Spring Hill, TN	UAW Union Officials Coerce Workers
11/14/96	San Diego, CA	Union Officials Force Teachers To Pay For Politics Until 1998/99 School Year
11/14/96	Anchorage, AK	Court Bars Union From Seizing Political Dues
11/7/96	Springfield, VA	Big Labor Hijacks Clinton Presidency
10/29/96	Anchorage, AK	Union Officials Threaten Workers' Jobs
10/10/96	Seattle, WA	Washington Teachers Sue National Education Association (NEA)
10/9/96	Augusta, GA	Workers Oppose AFL-CIO's $35 Million Electioneering
10/2/96	Peoria, IL	Court Upholds Teen's Suit Against Union
8/20/96	Washington, D.C.	Federal Judge Forces Union to Honor Worker's Constitutional Rights
7/31/96	Washington, D.C.	Right to Work Foundation Exposes American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Abuses
7/15/96	Winchester, VA	Severed Cow's Head Dumped on Car in Strike-Related Violence
7/8/96	Chambersburg, PA	Nurse's Charges Expose Union Fraud
7/2/96	Los Angeles, CA	County Withheld Dues in Violation of Constitution
7/2/96	Harrisburg, PA	Pennsylvania Teachers' Union Withheld Dues in Violation of Constitution
6/28/96	Washington, D.C.	Right to Work Foundation Exposes National Education Association (NEA) Abuses
5/24/96	Fort Gordon, GA	Despite Right to Work Law, Georgia Workers Forced to Pay
5/20/96	Peoria, IL	Grocery Union Chiefs Threatened Teen with Firing
5/15/96	Olympia, WA	Charges Expose Union Scheme Against New Employees