Obama Administration

News Release: Worker Advocate Challenges Constitutionality of Obama’s Controversial Labor Board Recess Appointments

Anthony Riedel — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:28:45 -0500

Worker Advocate Challenges Constitutionality of Obama's Controversial Labor Board Recess Appointments

Case over controversial NLRB posting becomes first legal challenge to Presidential attempt to make "recess appointments" without actual recess of the Senate

Washington, DC (January 13, 2012) – Today, National Right to Work Foundation attorneys filed a motion in federal court challenging the legality of President Barack Obama's recent purported recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).

News Release: Transcript Shows SC Boeing Employees Kept in Dark about Labor Board Sham Settlement

Anthony Riedel — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:59:05 -0500

Transcript Shows SC Boeing Employees Kept in Dark about Labor Board Sham Settlement

Washington, DC (December 14, 2011) – National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) documents show that workers who had intervened in the Board’s high-profile case against Boeing were instead shut out of the entire process by which the case ended with Boeing agreeing to locate production of its 737 MAX plane in forced-dues Washington State.

October/November 2011 Foundation Action Available Online

Nick Cote — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:59:56 -0500

The October/November issue of the Foundation's bimonthly newsletter is now available online.

In this issue:

Obama NLRB Exceeds Legal Authority in Payback to Big Labor
Foundation Overturns Union Schemes that Forced Nonunion Workers to Subsidize Big Labor's Radical Political Agenda
Beyond Boeing: The Obama Labor Board's Forced-Unionism Agenda
Connecticut Police Officer Wins Forced Dues Refund
NLRB Shreds Secret Ballots after Overturning Landmark Foundation-won "Card Check" Precedent
National Right to Work Labor Day News Round-Up

To view the October/November issue of Foundation Action in full screen, click on the viewer below. Use the left and right arrows to flip from page to page and click on any page to zoom in. Press ESC after you have finished to return to this screen.

Worker Advocates Issue Labor Day Statement: "Big Labor and the Obama NLRB Work in Concert to Undermine Workers' Rights"

Will Collins — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:37:13 -0400

Right to Work President Mark Mix issued a statement commemorating Labor Day and warning of looming Big Labor power grabs. You can listen to the statement using the embedded player below, download an .mp3 recording here, or read the statement here.

News Release: Worker Advocate Denounces NLRB Rule Designed to Push Workers into Compulsory Unionism

Anthony Riedel — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:29:39 -0400

Worker Advocate Denounces NLRB Rule Designed to Push Workers into Compulsory Unionism

National Right to Work Foundation President criticizes Labor Board’s decision to selectively publicize workers' rights

Washington, DC (August 25, 2011) – Today, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) implemented new rules governing the notification of employee rights in the workplace.

Worker Advocate Blasts Labor Board Ruling to Allow Charleston Workers Minimal Say in Boeing Case

Anthony Riedel — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 17:44:31 -0400

Worker Advocate Blasts Labor Board Ruling to Allow Charleston Workers Minimal Say in Boeing Case

Big Labor watchdog slams ruling as insufficient; ploy to quietly sweep workers’ stories under the rug

Washington, D.C. (June 20, 2011) – The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in Washington, D.C. has ruled three Charleston-area Boeing Company (NYSE: BA) employees are allowed to intervene, albeit minimally, in the NLRB’s high-profile case against Boeing.

South Carolina Boeing Employee Hits Machinist Union with Federal Charge for Illegal Retaliation

Anthony Riedel — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 18:03:49 -0400

South Carolina Boeing Employee Hits Machinist Union with Federal Charge for Illegal Retaliation

Machinist union bosses expelled from workplace trying to eliminate workers’ jobs in retaliation

Obama NLRB to South Carolina Boeing Employees: "You Have No Stake in Your Jobs"

Anthony Riedel — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 15:12:24 -0400

Obama NLRB to South Carolina Boeing Employees: "You Have No Stake in Your Jobs"

National Right to Work Foundation attorneys continue to help workers save their jobs from union boss power grab

Washington, DC (June 9, 2011) – A National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Administrative Law Judge in San Francisco denied three Charleston-area Boeing employees' request to intervene in the NLRB's high-profile case against Boeing Company (NYSE: BA). The judge also denied the employees’ request to file an amicus curiae brief in the case.

Worker Advocate: Obama General Counsel Opposition “A Bald-faced Lie of Weiner-esque Proportions”

Anthony Riedel — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 12:41:06 -0400

Worker Advocate: Obama General Counsel Opposition “A Bald-faced Lie of Weiner-esque Proportions”

Machinist union bosses join with NLRB Acting General Counsel to tell workers to “sit down and shut up” about losing their jobs

South Carolina Boeing Employees Move to Intervene in Obama Labor Board’s Assault on Right to Work Laws

Anthony Riedel — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 10:41:12 -0400

Obama Administration

News Release: Worker Advocate Challenges Constitutionality of Obama’s Controversial Labor Board Recess Appointments

Case over controversial NLRB posting becomes first legal challenge to Presidential attempt to make "recess appointments" without actual recess of the Senate

News Release: Transcript Shows SC Boeing Employees Kept in Dark about Labor Board Sham Settlement

October/November 2011 Foundation Action Available Online

Worker Advocates Issue Labor Day Statement: "Big Labor and the Obama NLRB Work in Concert to Undermine Workers' Rights"

News Release: Worker Advocate Denounces NLRB Rule Designed to Push Workers into Compulsory Unionism

National Right to Work Foundation President criticizes Labor Board’s decision to selectively publicize workers' rights

Worker Advocate Blasts Labor Board Ruling to Allow Charleston Workers Minimal Say in Boeing Case

Big Labor watchdog slams ruling as insufficient; ploy to quietly sweep workers’ stories under the rug

South Carolina Boeing Employee Hits Machinist Union with Federal Charge for Illegal Retaliation

Machinist union bosses expelled from workplace trying to eliminate workers’ jobs in retaliation

Obama NLRB to South Carolina Boeing Employees: "You Have No Stake in Your Jobs"

National Right to Work Foundation attorneys continue to help workers save their jobs from union boss power grab

Worker Advocate: Obama General Counsel Opposition “A Bald-faced Lie of Weiner-esque Proportions”

Machinist union bosses join with NLRB Acting General Counsel to tell workers to “sit down and shut up” about losing their jobs

South Carolina Boeing Employees Move to Intervene in Obama Labor Board’s Assault on Right to Work Laws

National Right to Work Foundation attorneys helping workers and former Machinist union president challenge attempt to send jobs to Washington