Mississippi Port Worker Files Lawsuit After Illegally Forced to Pay Union More than $3,000 in Fees to Keep His Job

Union officials violated Mississippi’s Right to Work law by requiring union dues or fees as a condition of job at Port of Pascagoula Pascagoula, Mississippi (October 19, 2015) – A worker at the Port of Pascagoula has filed a federal lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi against the International […]

Juan Vielma

[En español] Juan sitting beside union officials’ “termination request” against him for refusing to pay union fees Juan Vielma, 58, was a security guard of 17 years in El Paso, Texas. That is, until he dared to oppose a union. When union officials persuaded his employer to suspend him without pay for exercising his legal […]

Gary Davenport – Fighting for Freedom of Speech at the U.S. Supreme Court

Photo of the 1/10/2007 US Supreme Court Press Conference Gary Davenport was a history teacher at Kentwood High School in Washington State. Because Washington has no Right to Work law, he was still forced to pay union dues amounting to over $500 per year. In March 2006, the Washington State Supreme Court struck down a […]

ABC Driver Discriminated Against by Teamsters Union Bosses Finally Awarded Back Pay After Union Appeals Fail

Union boss policies illegally prevented nonunion drivers from finding work on ABC Lifetime’s Army Wives television show Washington, DC (October 14, 2015) – After six years of legal maneuvering, Teamster Local 509 union officials are finally paying a worker more than $55,000 in pay he lost when the union prevented him from working. The U.S. […]

NLRB Hits SEIU with Complaint for Illegally Enrolling New Hospital Employees as Dues-Paying Union Members

Hospital employee filed unfair labor practice charges with the help of National Right to Work Foundation staff attorneys Sacramento, CA (October 8, 2015) – The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has issued a formal complaint against the SEIU United Healthcare Workers West union for violating the workplace rights of a nurse at Dignity Health Mercy […]

School Employees File Lawsuit, Prompting Kentucky Union Officials to Stop Collecting Forced Dues

Union officials face lawsuit for violating civil servants’ workplace rights Jefferson County, KY (October 2, 2015) – With free legal assistance from National Right to Work Foundation staff attorneys, 11 Jefferson County public school employees have filed a class-action lawsuit in United States District Court against the Jefferson County School Board, District Superintendent Donna Hargens, […]

California Charter School Teachers Seek Full Party Status in Legal Battle with Unwanted Union

Teachers at Children of Promise Preparatory Academy in legal battle with union filed an application for joinder to protect right to refrain from unionization Inglewood, CA (October 2, 2015) – On September 23, 2015 Stephanie Moore, Chidozie Ollawa, and Colbey Waggoner, all teachers from Children of Promise Preparatory Academy, a charter school in Inglewood, California […]

Johnson Controls Workers Trapped in Unwanted Union File Motion to Intervene to Protect Right to Eliminate Union Representation

Labor Board blocked workers’ vote to kick out union and issued complaint against employer for honoring petition by a majority of workers opposed to union presence Florence, SC (September 29, 2015) – Brenda Lynch and Anna Marie Grant, both employees at Johnson Controls, Inc.’s battery plant in Florence, South Carolina, have filed a motion to […]

NRTW Foundation Issues Special Legal Notice to Seattle-Area Uber, Lyft Drivers Targeted for Forced Union Dues

The Seattle City Council is considering a measure to hand over drivers’ personal contact information to union officials so drivers can be forced to pay union dues Springfield, VA (September 23, 2015) – The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation has issued this special legal notice to all Seattle-area independent, for-hire drivers, alerting them […]

UAW’s Plan to “Extend” Expired Contract with the Big Three Doesn’t Impact Workers’ Rights to Stop Paying Union Dues

Worker advocate issues statement clarifying employee rights Springfield, VA (September 22, 2015) – The National Right to Work Foundation, which provides free legal assistance to employees nationwide, issued the following statement after UAW officials announced that they would extended their expired bargaining agreement with the Big Three Automakers on an ‘hour-by-hour basis’: The UAW’s recent […]