Religious Objectors

Right to Work Podcast: Union Discrimination and Employees of Faith

Will Collins — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:11:29 -0500

Recently, Right to Work Vice President Stefan Gleason appeared on the Frank Beckmann Show to discuss the Foundation's efforts to fight union discrimination against religious employees. Click here to listen or use the embedded player below:

Michigan Worker Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Halt UAW Policy of Religious Discrimination

Anthony Riedel — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:37:18 -0500

Michigan Worker Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Halt UAW Policy of Religious Discrimination

Right to Work attorneys challenge union officials’ violation of worker’s civil rights

Washington, DC (December 15, 2009) – With free legal assistance from the National Right to Work Foundation, a western Michigan auto worker is asking the U.S. Supreme Court today to review a United Auto Workers (UAW) union policy intended to stymie workers’ religious objections to the union bosses’ agenda.

Catholic Teaching and Right to Work

Nick Cote — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 09:38:10 -0400

Earlier this month, AFL-CIO union chief John Sweeney sunk his teeth into Pope Benedict XVI's latest encyclical, Charity in Truth, which addresses the global economy and, in part, the role of unions -- and that nation's largest union boss umbrella organization even insinuated that the Vatican supports passage of the Card Check Forced Unionism Bill.

But it's worth revisiting the Catholic Church's teachings on human freedom, autonomy, and politics. Several years ago, National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation attorney Richard Clair compiled an educational dossier on Catholicism, unions, and Right to Work. For instance, in 1981, Pope John Paul II wrote about unions:

New Foundation Podcast: Ohio Religious Objectors Seek Foundation Assistance

Will Collins — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 10:52:21 -0500

In our latest podcast, Foundation attorney Bruce Cameron sits down with radio host Phil Heimlich to discuss the plight of two Ohio teachers whose religious beliefs compelled them to object to their union's controversial political advocacy.

Foundation Defends Ohio Religious Objectors

Will Collins — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:51:35 -0400

Here's our latest press release on the Foundation's efforts to defend the rights of religious objectors to refrain from supporting union activities that offend their deeply-held beliefs:

Cincinnati, Ohio (September 24, 2008) – National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation staff attorneys recently obtained settlements with the National Education Association (NEA) union for two teachers whose consciences would not allow them to pay mandatory dues to support a union involved in activities they consider immoral. Geralyn Buening and Tessy Huwer, both practicing Catholics, objected to the NEA’s positions on abortion and special rights for homosexuals.

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