Puyallup, WA (March 26, 2004) – A Tacoma-area Good Samaritan Hospital employee has filed class-action federal charges after union officials at the hospital unlawfully threatened employees that they would be fired if they failed to join the union, pay full dues, and sign dues deduction cards. With free legal aid from attorneys with the National […]
Alpena, Mich. (March 17, 2004) — Local officials of the Boilermakers union at the Besser Company factory in Alpena have decided to cease collecting forced union dues from nonunion workers rather than provide such workers with a legally mandated audit of how their forced dues are spent. The decision by the union hierarchy comes in […]
Jeffersonville, Ind. (March 8, 2004)- Local Teamsters union officials at the Jeffboat company plant outside Louisville, Kentucky, have been forced to cease violating workers’ rights by demanding that employees sign union membership forms and agree to payroll deduction of union dues to keep their jobs. In a settlement after prosecution for unfair labor practices, union […]
Fairfield, Calif. (March 4, 2004) — Responding to unfair labor practice charges brought by a Fairfield-area resident employed on a part-time basis as a weekend lab technician for Anheuser Busch, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) will prosecute the local chapter of the Teamsters union for failing to properly inform employees of their right to […]
Uniontown, Pa. (February 27, 2004) — Responding to unfair labor practice charges brought by a Uniontown hospital employee, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) will prosecute Teamsters Union Local 491 for unlawful threats and coercion directed against dissenting employees. Receiving free legal aid from the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Patricia Demaske filed […]
