Federal Labor Board to Prosecute Union for Requiring Annual Objections to Forced Union Dues for Politics

**Pensacola, FL (October 2, 2007)** – After nearly a four year delay, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has agreed to prosecute the International Association of Machinists (IAM) union for requiring employees at Vertex Aerospace, LLC to object annually to prevent union officials from spending their compulsory union dues for political activities. The case puts […]

Federal Labor Board: Employees Need Not Object Twice to Obtain Detail of How Union Officials Spend Forced Dues

**Janesville, Wisc. (September 11, 2007)** – The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in Washington, DC, ruled that union officials cannot force nonunion members to object twice simply to receive basic information about how union affiliates spend the workers’ forced union dues. By a vote of 3-2, the NLRB majority agreed with National Right to Work […]

Federal Labor Board to Prosecute Union for Retaliatory Fines Against Five Former Landover Giant Foods Employees

**Landover, MD (September 5, 2007)** – A group of five ex-employees of Giant Foods, Inc. have prompted the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to prosecute a Carpenter union affiliate for illegal coercion and fining them $2,500 each because they found new jobs at nonunion employers. Union officials also levied the fines because the workers refused […]

Teamsters Union Must Abandon Over $100,000 in Illegal Fines Levied Against Workers During California Grocery Strike

**Los Angeles, CA (August 14, 2007)** – With free legal assistance from the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, 54 grocery workers of Albertsons and Ralphs grocery chains won a major settlement agreement from the Teamsters Local 952 union requiring it to rescind over $100,000 in illegal strike fines. Under the settlement approved late […]

16 Year-Old Girl Hits Union Officials with Federal Charges After Illegal Threats Against Her Albertsons Job

**San Diego, CA (August 7, 2007)** – A local employee of Albertsons, Inc. filed federal charges against the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 135 union after union officials unlawfully demanded she be fired from her job unless she joined the union and paid full dues. Sixteen year-old high-school student, Danielle Cookson, a front […]

Federal Board to Prosecute Butte-Based Union for Illegal Threats and Dues Seizures at Local Safeway

**Butte, MT (August 6, 2007)** – The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has agreed to prosecute the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 4 union for illegally seizing forced union dues from multiple Safeway employees’ paychecks, unlawfully threatening termination, and rejecting requests to resign from formal union membership. With help from attorneys at the […]

Federal Labor Board Rejects Colt Firearms Worker’s Request to Decide Four Year-Old Case

**Hartford, CT (July 24, 2007)** – The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has denied a local Colt Manufacturing employee’s request for a ruling now in his precedent-setting case that has already languished at the federal agency for four years. With free legal help from attorneys at the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, George […]

13 Former Giant Foods Employees Hit Union with Federal Charges for Unlawful Retaliatory Fines

**Landover, MD (May 10, 2007)** – A group of 13 ex-employees of Giant Foods, Inc. filed federal charges at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) against two Carpenter union affiliates for failing to inform the employees of their rights and fining them $2,500 each after working for a nonunion employer. The employees worked under union […]

Federal Labor Board to Prosecute Union for Illegal Firing of Catholic University Grounds Keeper

**Washington, DC (May 3, 2007)** – Following unfair labor practice charges filed by Catholic University employee Jerry Evans, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has agreed to prosecute the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) for forcing Evans’ firing. Evans, a grounds keeper/landscape technician at Catholic, originally filed charges against the union and the university […]

Acura Employees Hit Union with Federal Charges for Threatening Firings for Refusal to Pay Fines

**Pleasanton, CA (May 2, 2007)** – Two employees of Acura of Pleasanton filed a new round of federal unfair labor practice charges today to protect themselves from repeated threats against their jobs and hundreds of dollars in unlawful retaliatory union fines. Rachel Warner of Livermore and Marco Llamas of Modesto, both parts technicians at the […]