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News Release: Auto Parts Manufacturing Workers Seek to Disassemble Unpopular Union Boss Bargaining Powers

Anthony Riedel — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:45:20 -0400

Auto Parts Manufacturing Workers Seek to Disassemble Unpopular Union Boss Bargaining Powers

Labor board investigation throws wrench into case, finds union contract with company illegal

Long Island, NY (November 1, 2011) – A Levittown automobile parts manufacturing worker is asking the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to halt an unpopular local union from forcing its representation on him and his colleagues.

News Release: Verizon Employee Files Federal Charge Against CWA Union Officials for Ignoring Her Rights

Anthony Riedel — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 16:34:35 -0400

Verizon Employee Files Federal Charge Against CWA Union Officials for Ignoring Her Rights

Workers refused to abandon job during highly-publicized strike but Verizon continues to illegally seize union dues from her paycheck

Newport News, VA (October 3, 2011) – In the wake of the recent Communications Workers of America (CWA) union-boss instigated strike that grabbed national headlines, a Newport News, Virginia Verizon (NYSE: VZ) worker has filed federal charges against the union and company for violating her rights.

Union Boss Militancy and Violence on Display During Verizon Strike

Nick Cote — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 11:52:58 -0400

Days into the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) union boss-ordered strike against Verizon, disturbing reports of union militancy -- and their effects on workers and customers alike -- are becoming widespread. The Associated Press have reported over 70 instances of sabotage in just the first few days of the strike.

In the video below (warning: explicit language), a striking union militant uses his young daughter as a prop, demanding she block a Verizon truck from moving while he curses out the Verizon employees in the truck.

Here's a rundown of some of the other disturbing reports:

State Employee Commission Rubber Stamps Union Boss Retaliation Against Employee Who Won Case against Union

Anthony Riedel — Tue, 10 May 2011 13:00:51 -0400

State Employee Commission Rubber Stamps Union Boss Retaliation Against Employee Who Won Case against Union

Case highlights need to roll back union boss powers in the Garden State

Trenton, NJ (May 10, 2011) – Despite his previous legal successes, a New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) employee is learning firsthand how difficult it is to obtain justice in the face of union retaliation.

Delta Flight Attendants Picket Posh Union Boss HQ for Freedom of Choice

Anthony Riedel — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 11:42:36 -0500

For decades, Delta Air Lines flight attendants have repeatedly rebuked Association of Flight Attendants (AFA) union organizers' efforts to take monopoly bargaining control over their workplaces.

Despite a recent intense union organizing campaign, AFA union officials have lost yet another union organizing election, but true to form, AFA union bosses refuse to leave this independent-minded group of employees alone due to their blind lust for more forced union dues dollars.

So yesterday, more than thirty flight attendants from across the country met outside the AFA union headquarters on their day off to send them a message: "Leave us alone!"

From one participating flight attendant:

March/April 2010 Foundation Action Now Available Online

Anthony Riedel — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:03:07 -0400

The March/April 2010 issue of Foundation Action is now available for download as a PDF. This is the Foundation's official bimonthly publication that provides an excellent overview of hard-hitting legal actions being taken by Foundation attorneys every day to combat forced unionism. This issue's top story chronicles the Foundation's efforts to help Michigan's home-based child-care providers fight back against Governor Jennifer Granholm's corrupt government union political payback scheme.

Also in this issue:

Employee Hits AT&T/Union Officials with Federal Labor Charges Attacking Scheme to Unionize Workers

Anthony Riedel — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:04:53 -0500

Employee Hits AT&T/Union Officials with Federal Labor Charges Attacking Scheme to Unionize Workers

Fearing lack of support, communications union bosses are attempting to rig election employees initiated to throw out unwanted union

Seattle, WA (February 24, 2010) – With free legal aid from the National Right to Work Foundation, a Redmond-based AT&T Mobility employee filed federal charges after union organizers illegally colluded with company officials to sweep AT&T workers across the state into union ranks in exchange for contract concessions.

Workers Prevail in Battle for Secret Ballot Vote After Corrupt Card Check Unionization Scheme

Anthony Riedel — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:35:56 -0500

Workers Prevail in Battle for Secret Ballot Vote After Corrupt Card Check Unionization Scheme

Communications union bosses collude with AT&T to lock local group into union ranks without majority support

Seattle, WA (February 11, 2010) – A group of AT&T Mobility employees have won a legal victory countering union officials’ domination of their workplace using a coercive card check unionization campaign that occurred after union organizers colluded with AT&T officials to sweep the workers into union ranks in exchange for contract concessions.

New Right to Work News Release: AT&T Employee Files Federal Charges Against Communications Union for Illegal Threats

Will Collins — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:50:29 -0400

AT&T Employee Files Federal Charges Against Communications Union for Illegal Threats

CWA union bosses told worker they would “take him to court” for refusing to go on strike

St. Louis, Missouri (April 13, 2009) – A St. Louis-based AT&T worker has filed federal unfair labor practice charges against a national union for illegal threats in the run-up to an impending national strike.

With free legal aid from the National Right to Work Foundation, David McBride of Granite City, Illinois filed charges alleging that Communication Workers of America (CWA) union officials threatened him with legal action if he refused to go on strike and failed to provide him with a federally-mandated audit of union expenditures.

New Right to Work Video Report: Union Militants Display Nonmembers' Social Security Numbers

Nick Cote — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:02:28 -0400

Foundation attorneys have filed an unprecedented lawsuit in North Carolina state court on behalf of 16 AT&T employees against local union bosses who illegally released their confidential personal information (including their social security numbers) as retaliation for exercising their right to refrain from union membership. Two of the workers explain their battle in the latest Right to Work video report...