railway labor act

Airline Workers Challenge Federal Ruling on Sham Transportation Unionization Election Procedures

Nick Cote — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:34:50 -0400

Airline Workers Challenge Federal Ruling on Sham Transportation Unionization Election Procedures

Appeal contests federal district court ruling that upheld new policy stacking the deck in favor of forced unionization of railway and airline employees

Washington, DC (July 22, 2010) – With free legal aid from National Right to Work Foundation staff attorneys, five Delta Air Lines employees have appealed a U.S. District Court judge’s decision to uphold a major rule change on how a union is imposed on railway and airline industry workers.

Delta Employees File Motion to Join Legal Challenge to Controversial Transportation Unionization Rule

Nick Cote — Thu, 20 May 2010 12:04:20 -0400

Delta Employees File Motion to Join Legal Challenge to Controversial Transportation Unionization Rule

Former union officials on National Mediation Board created new policy stacking the deck in favor of forced unionization of railway and airline employees

Worker Advocate Demands Federal Disclosure on Controversial Transportation Union Rule Change

Nick Cote — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:43:50 -0500

Worker Advocate Demands Federal Disclosure on Controversial Transportation Union Rule Change

Former airline union officials should not use federal power to help their
unions corral tens of thousands of workers into union membership

Foundation Attorneys Defend Airline and Railway Workers from Union Boss Sneak Attack

Anthony Riedel — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:11:11 -0500

Union bosses want to their unions to be akin to roach motels: Easy to check in, but impossible to check out.

On Monday, National Right to Work Foundation Vice President Raymond LaJeunesse presented the perspective of independent-minded workers at the National Mediation Board's (NMB) hearing on proposed changes to labor regulations under the Railway Labor Act (RLA) that would enable union organizers to corral tens of thousands of non-union railway and airline industry workers into union membership.

Will Workers Be Barred From Opposing AFL-CIO's Stealth Attack on Railway and Airline Workers?

Anthony Riedel — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:33:35 -0500

Recently, the National Right to Work Foundation sounded the alarm about an under-the-radar attempt by Big Labor to make dramatic changes to labor regulations under the Railway Labor Act (RLA), enabling union organizers to force independent-minded railway and airline industry workers into unwanted union membership.

Big labor partisans from over 30 unions, led by AFL-CIO, pushed to change the current system requiring union bosses to obtain the consent of a true majority of workers in a given bargaining unit to accept their "exclusive representation." Instead, they want a new system that allows just a majority of workers actually voting in a union organizing election to impose unionization on the whole group -- thereby giving union officials the upper hand over workers who would otherwise decline union affiliation.

Big Labor and Big Government May Be the Only Winners in UPS - FedEx War

Anthony Riedel — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:53:21 -0500

A heated battle is raging in Congress between major shipping companies United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS) and FedEx Corporation and the rights of literally tens -- if not hundreds -- of thousands of employees hang in the balance.

AFL-CIO Launches Sneak Attack on Nation’s Non-Union Railway and Airline Workers

Anthony Riedel — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:55:04 -0500

railway labor act

Airline Workers Challenge Federal Ruling on Sham Transportation Unionization Election Procedures

Airline Workers Challenge Federal Ruling on Sham Transportation Unionization Election Procedures

Appeal contests federal district court ruling that upheld new policy stacking the deck in favor of forced unionization of railway and airline employees

Delta Employees File Motion to Join Legal Challenge to Controversial Transportation Unionization Rule

Delta Employees File Motion to Join Legal Challenge to Controversial Transportation Unionization Rule

Former union officials on National Mediation Board created new policy stacking the deck in favor of forced unionization of railway and airline employees

Worker Advocate Demands Federal Disclosure on Controversial Transportation Union Rule Change

Worker Advocate Demands Federal Disclosure on Controversial Transportation Union Rule Change

Former airline union officials should not use federal power to help their unions corral tens of thousands of workers into union membership

Foundation Attorneys Defend Airline and Railway Workers from Union Boss Sneak Attack

Will Workers Be Barred From Opposing AFL-CIO's Stealth Attack on Railway and Airline Workers?

Big Labor and Big Government May Be the Only Winners in UPS - FedEx War

AFL-CIO Launches Sneak Attack on Nation’s Non-Union Railway and Airline Workers

AFL-CIO Launches Sneak Attack on Nation’s Non-Union Railway and Airline Workers

National Right to Work opposes union officials’ quiet efforts to grease the skids to impose forced unionism at non-union workplaces

Former airline union officials should not use federal power to help their
unions corral tens of thousands of workers into union membership