Feds to Prosecute Western Pennsylvania Teamsters Union for Violating Employee Rights

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 […]

Federal Labor Judge Orders Teamsters Local 377 to Cease Employee Rights Violations

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (February 13, 2004) — In response to charges brought by hospital employees at Youngstown’s St. Elizabeth Health Center, an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) of the National Labor Relations Board ordered Teamsters Local 377 union officials to end pervasive unfair labor practices against local workers. Enjoying free legal assistance from National Right to Work […]

Federal Labor Judge Orders Teamsters Local 377 to Cease Employee Rights Violations

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (February 13, 2004) — In response to charges brought by hospital employees at Youngstown’s St. Elizabeth Health Center, an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) of the National Labor Relations Board ordered Teamsters Local 377 union officials to end pervasive unfair labor practices against local workers. Enjoying free legal assistance from National Right to Work […]

UAW Union Must Compensate Colt Manufacturing Worker with $30,000 in Back Pay After Illegal Firing

Hartford, Conn. (December 30, 2003) — A federal administrative law judge today awarded an employee of Colt Manufacturing nearly $31,000 in compensation plus interest for pay lost after he was illegally fired at the request of union officials. The award ends a more than decade-long legal battle that resulted from the worker’s firing for refusal […]

UAW Union Must Compensate Colt Manufacturing Worker with $30,000 in Back Pay After Illegal Firing

Hartford, Conn. (December 30, 2003) — A federal administrative law judge today awarded an employee of Colt Manufacturing nearly $31,000 in compensation plus interest for pay lost after he was illegally fired at the request of union officials. The award ends a more than decade-long legal battle that resulted from the worker’s firing for refusal […]

National Worker Rights Advocate Files in Support of DOL’s Authority to Strengthen Union Disclosure

WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 15, 2003) — Attorneys with the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation today filed as amicus curiae (friend of the court) in opposition to the AFL-CIO’s motion for a preliminary injunction to block implementation of new union financial disclosure requirements. Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao issued the final regulations on October […]

National Worker Rights Advocate Files in Support of DOL’s Authority to Strengthen Union Disclosure

WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 15, 2003) — Attorneys with the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation today filed as amicus curiae (friend of the court) in opposition to the AFL-CIO’s motion for a preliminary injunction to block implementation of new union financial disclosure requirements. Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao issued the final regulations on October […]

Worker Hits Union with Federal Charges for Deterring Objections to Forced Union Dues for Politics

Pensacola, Fla. (December 12, 2003) – With free legal aid from National Right to Work Foundation attorneys, an employee at the Naval Air Station has today asked the federal government to prosecute a large international union for requiring employees to object annually if they do not want union officials to spend their compulsory union dues […]

Worker Hits Union with Federal Charges for Deterring Objections to Forced Union Dues for Politics

Pensacola, Fla. (December 12, 2003) – With free legal aid from National Right to Work Foundation attorneys, an employee at the Naval Air Station has today asked the federal government to prosecute a large international union for requiring employees to object annually if they do not want union officials to spend their compulsory union dues […]

KDTV Workers Threatened with Firings for Refusal to Pay Forced Union Dues, Federal Charges Filed

San Francisco, Calif. (December 8, 2003) — Three local station engineers for Univision’s KDTV-Channel 14 have filed federal charges against a local union for failing to give them adequate notice of their right to pay less than full union dues and threatening to have them fired unless they pay a union initiation fee (amounting to […]