UC Irvine Lab Assistant Sues State of California over Policy Allowing Union Officials to Seize Dues in Violation of First Amendment

UPTE officials arbitrarily require photo ID just to stop financial support for unwanted union IRVINE, CA - A University of California Irvine lab assistant has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the university and the University Professional and Technical Employees (UPTE) union, a Communications Workers of America (CWA) affiliate.

Metal Worker Wins Settlement in Case Against Sheet Metal Union Bosses for Illegal $21,000 Fine

Union must back down after attempting to fine worker who resigned to take a different job, union must inform other workers COLORADO SPRINGS, CO - Following an investigation by National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) officials, a formal settlement has now forced International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail, and Transportation Workers (SMART) Local 9 union officials to inform workers about their right to resign their union memberships, and that it will not ignore such resignations or mete out internal union discipline on workers who resign.

Rush University Medical Center Maintenance Workers Decisively Vote Out Unwanted Teamsters Union

Series of successful worker-led decertifications of Teamsters union bosses nationwide follow federal labor board rule change simplifying process CHICAGO, IL - Maintenance workers at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago have successfully removed Teamsters Local 743 union officials from their workplace, following a vote in which more than 70% of those who cast ballots voted to free themselves from the Teamsters’ monopoly bargaining power.

Labor Board Ruling Keeps Union Bosses in Power Despite Unanimous Opposition of Rank-and-File Workers

Every single worker petitioned to remove Carpenters Union bosses as monopoly bargaining ‘representative’ but NLRB won’t even allow a vote CROWN POINT, IN – In March, Region 13 of the National Labor Relations Board rejected a petition by a group of Indiana construction workers who wanted to remove union bosses from their workplace.

Las Vegas Hospital Staff Vote to Oust SEIU after Union Bosses Attempted to Block Election

Union lawyers withdrew dilatory election objections after worker obtained assistance from Foundation attorneys LAS VEGAS, NV – Tammy Tarantino, a respiratory therapist at Desert Springs Hospital Medical Center in Las Vegas, successfully petitioned for a vote to remove SEIU union bosses from her workplace.

School Bus Driver’s Legal Fight Forces Teamsters Officials to Reveal Union Financial Information to Workers

New settlement requires union bosses to provide workers information on how union is spending their money BUFFALO, NY - With free legal representation from National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation staff attorneys, Lockport, NY-based Student Transportation of America school bus driver Cynthia Roszman has won a settlement in her case charging the Teamsters Local 449 union with failing to provide information about how worker dues are spent.

California Worker Hits Back after Regional Labor Board Tosses Out Concerns of Mail Vote Tampering by Teamsters Union Officials

Teamsters officials pushed to have union representation vote by mail as opposed to in-person, worker presents evidence of union using system to illegally solicit ballots LOS ANGELES, CA - Nelson Medina, an employee at transportation company Savage Services’ Wilmington, CA, facility, has just filed a Request for Review to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in Washington, DC.

National Right to Work Foundation Celebrates Third Anniversary of Janus Ruling Protecting Public Employees from Forced Union Dues

Foundation continues to assist workers fighting union boss violations of landmark First Amendment Supreme Court decision WASHINGTON, DC – Three years ago, the Supreme Court issued its decision in the landmark Janus v. AFSCME case, holding that it is unconstitutional to force public sector workers to pay money to a union as a condition of employment.

NJ, Chicago Teachers Ask Supreme Court to Hear First Amendment Challenges to Union Schemes Trapping Public Employees in Dues Payments

Multiple cases headed to High Court seeking ruling against arrangements that violate workers’ rights under 2018 Janus v. AFSCME Supreme Court decision WASHINGTON, DC - Staff attorneys from the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation have just submitted petitions for writ of certiorari in two class-action civil rights cases seeking to enforce workers’ First Amendment rights. In both cases public educators are challenging union boss-created restrictions on their First Amendment right to refrain from funding unwanted union hierarchies in their workplaces.