Nurses

News Release: WVU Hospital Employee Files Federal Charge after Union Ignores Her Rights

Anthony Riedel — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 10:13:12 -0500

WVU Hospital Employee Files Federal Charge after Union Ignores Her Rights

West Virginia’s workers desperately need Right to Work protections

Morgantown, WV (November 23, 2011) – With aid from the National Right to Work Foundation, a West Virginia University Hospital employee has filed a second federal charge against a local union for refusing to honor her resignation from formal union membership, forcing her to pay full union dues against her will, and failing to provide the legally-required disclosure of how her forced dues are being spent.

Right to Work Fights for California Nurse's Rights at the Ninth Circuit

Will Collins — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 14:11:35 -0400

Right to Work staff attorneys are helping Carol Jean Badertscher, a California nurse, fight back against California's draconian "strikebreaker" law, which authorizes fines and even jail time for employees who repeatedly refuse to walk off the job during a union boss-ordered strike. Last Friday, the case came before a panel of three judges at the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.

Audio of the oral argument is available online here. Below, Foundation attorney Bill DuRoss, who represented Badertscher in the argument, explains the ins and outs of the case to a group of Right to Work supporters who attended the Ninth Circuit's hearing:

Kansas City Nurse Challenges Backroom Union Deal to Silence Employees Who Oppose Unionization

Anthony Riedel — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 10:11:06 -0400

Kansas City Nurse Challenges Backroom Union Deal to Silence Employees Who Oppose Unionization

Research Medical Center nurse files federal unfair labor practice charges against secret “neutrality agreement” that gives union organizers preferential treatment

Right to Work Attorneys Help Minneapolis Nurses Fight Back Against Union Intimidation

Will Collins — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 18:18:27 -0400

Faced with a looming strike on June 10, 2010, several Minneapolis nurses refused to follow union boss marching orders and instead stayed on the job to care for their patients. Although they resigned their membership before the strike took place, three nurses were threatened with union disciplinary hearings for refusing to walk off the job. With the help of Right to Work attorneys, these nurses have now filed unfair labor practice charges to hold union officials accountable for their heavy-handed intimidation tactics. Here's a video report on the incident from a local Minneapolis station:

Meet the New Boss... Same as the Old Boss: SEIU Regime Change More of a Lateral Move

Anthony Riedel — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 11:47:57 -0400

In the wake of Service Employees International Union (SEIU) boss Andy Stern's retirement, SEIU Executive Vice President Mary Kay Henry was ushered in as the new chief of the notoriously corrupt and predatory union hierarchy.

Despite the mainstream media's portrayal of Henry's coronation as a change in the way SEIU union organizers coerce workers into dues-paying union ranks through intimidation or political deal-making, nothing could be further from the truth.

From National Right to Work's contribution to BigGovernment.com:

Gov. Quinn Faces Class-Action Suit for Executive Order Designed to Unionize Home-Care Providers

Anthony Riedel — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 11:47:17 -0400

Gov. Quinn Faces Class-Action Suit for Executive Order Designed to Unionize Home-Care Providers

National Right to Work Foundation attorneys assist home-based personal care providers pushed into union’s forced-dues ranks against their will

New Right to Work Video: Houston Nurses Fight Union Bosses' Secret Backroom Deal

Will Collins — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 09:54:46 -0500

The Foundation's latest Right to Work video report features two outstanding and principled nurses from Houston, Texas. When California Nurses Association union bosses and the Tenet Medical Corporation cut a backroom deal to unionize several Houston-area health care facilities, they set up sham election procedures and imposed a gag rule to block any discussion by nurses of the downsides of unionization. Several nurses turned to the National Right to Work Foundation for help:

Agency Trial Judge Won’t Punish Union Officials for Threatening Non-Striking PVHMC Nurses with Fines, Jail

Nick Cote — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:29:52 -0500

National Right to Work Foundation attorneys, providing free legal aid to a California nurse who faced threats of fines and imprisonment for choosing not to go on strike, will appeal an administrative law judge's tortured reasoning with the National Labor Relations Board in Washington, DC.

Pomona, California (November 25, 2008) – Attorneys for a Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center nurse announced they will appeal an erroneous administrative law judge ruling dismissing a federal complaint against a local union. Union officials had threatened non-striking nurses with financial penalties and even arrest for refusing to abandon their patients.

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Video: Nevada Nurses Decry Unaccountable SEIU Union Hierarchy

Justin Hakes — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:17:42 -0400

Following up on the recent upheaval within the SEIU union, a group of nurses from Nevada have recently put out a video decrying the disconnect between rank-and-file nurses and the union hierarchy.

Video: Union Officials Threaten Nurses with Arrest, Jail, and Fines

Justin Hakes — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:20:12 -0500

Here's a new video detailing how the National Right to Work Foundation is helping a group of nurses in Pomona, California, fight back against a hostile union hierarchy: