The following links will take you to Foundation-won Supreme Court precedents, Court of Appeals precedents, other federal cases, relevant federal labor law, state Right to Work laws, and other available information resources. While this list is not exhaustive, it is an excellent resource for becoming familiar with current federal labor law as it applies to compulsory unionism. Note: Links on this page are updated on an ongoing basis as cases are revised or as new cases or case law are established. Please check this page frequently for such updates. If you have any suggestions for additional labor-related case law or statutory law for this page, please contact us.
The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) are expelling from membership, or denying membership to, actors and actresses who worked for struck employers during last year's nationwide strike against advertising agencies and producers of radio and television commercials. If you did struck work during this strike, you should know the following:
Jerry Rasmussen and Carla Crandall (along with their coworkers) forced the UFCW Local 4 to sign a settlement after union officials tried to bar them from exercising their legal rights at a Safeway in Polson, Montana.National Right to Work attorneys helped the two through their battle against illegal termination threats and forced dues seizures after union officials denied their requests to resign from formal membership.The Associated Press covered the story: "I got a hold of the (National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation) attorneys, and they said, 'That's absolutely not right. They have to acknowledge those Beck rights and let you be a nonmember,'" Rasmussen said. Although the settlement requires UFCW Local 4 officials to reimburse the employees of their forced dues plus interest and to inform them of their legal right to resign from formal membership, it is an incremental victory in the broad fight against compulsory unionism in Montana. Until Montana has a Right to Work law that makes the payment of union dues strictly volunatary, this type of intimidation will likely continue throughout the Treasure State.