San Diego Gompers Preparatory Academy Educators Begin New Effort to Oust SDEA Union Bosses from School

Union bosses stymied last attempt with unproven allegations and pressure from elected officials, majority of teachers now back new effort SAN DIEGO, CA - Teachers at Gompers Preparatory Academy, a public charter school in the Chollas View neighborhood of San Diego, have banded together again to exercise their right to vote San Diego Education Association (SDEA) union bosses out of power at the school.

Pipefitters Union Hit with Federal Charge for Illegal Retaliatory Fine against Non-Union Las Vegas Worker

Pipefitters Union Hit with Federal Charge for Illegal Retaliatory Fine against Non-Union Las Vegas Worker Las Vegas, NV – An employee in Las Vegas, Nevada, has filed federal charges against the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry (UA) union Local 525, in response to union officials illegally threatening to fine him.

California Trucking Company Workers Win Freedom from Unwanted Teamsters Local 665 Union Officials

Rather than face vote to strip union officials of their forced representation powers, Teamsters officials concede defeat SANTA ROSA, CA - Valdivia Trucking Co. workers in California are finally free of unwanted Teamsters Local 665 union officials after three months of delays created by the union officials.

Fort Bliss-Based Grounds Management Inc. Workers Unanimously Vote to Oust IUOE Local 351 Union

Workers officially free of unwanted union boss “representation” after every worker votes against union in National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Decertification Election FORT BLISS, TX - Following a unanimous employee decertification vote, Grounds Management Incorporated (also known as GMI National) employees are now officially free of unwanted monopoly bargaining “representation” by Operating Engineers (IUOE) Local 351 union bosses. Grounds Management worker Antonio Eduardo Reza, who united every one of his fellow coworkers in opposing the union, received free legal aid from the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation in exercising the employees’ right to hold the decertification vote.

Another Janus Victory: South Jersey Bus Drivers Win Back Illegally Seized Dues

New Foundation-backed challenges to Janus restrictions also pending at U.S. Supreme Court CAMDEN, NJ – Toward the end of 2021, South Jersey Transportation Authority (SJTA) bus driver Tyron Foxworth and his colleagues Doris Hamilton, Karen Burdett, Karen Hairston, Ted Lively, Arlene Gibson, and Stanley Burke decided they had had enough of International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE) union bosses’ so-called “representation” and opted out of union membership.

Northern PA Metal Worker Prevails in Federal Case Charging CWA Union with Illegal Dues Deductions

CWA officials also refused worker’s membership resignation and sought to force him to remain union steward GALETON, PA - Curtis Coates, an employee of metal corporation Catalus, has successfully forced Communications Workers of America (CWA) union officials to stop illegally seizing money from his paycheck for union politics and ideological causes.

National Right to Work Foundation Urges TX Supreme Court to Nix Scheme Directing Taxpayer Funds to Union Boss Activities

Legal brief: SCOTUS ruled that public sector union activities are political in nature, “official time” arrangement mandates taxpayer support for union politics AUSTIN, TX - The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation has just submitted an amicus brief in Roger Borgelt v. City of Austin, a case before the Texas Supreme Court.

Southern IL Aluminum Worker Forces IBEW Union Bosses to Abandon Illegal Dues Demands, Termination Threat

Settlements require union officials to immediately recognize workers who refuse to pay for union politics, Penn Aluminum officials must attend mandatory training MURPHYSBORO, IL - Penn Aluminum International employee Mary Beck has successfully forced International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 702 union officials to stop illegally demanding money from her paycheck.

Full Foundation Action November/December 2022 Newsletter Now Online

All articles from the November/December issue of Foundation Action are now on the website.

Disney Worker Hits UNITE HERE Union Bosses with Federal Charge for Illegal Dues Seizures

Labor Board charge: Union violated federal law by ignoring worker’s request to stop dues payments without any explanation ORLANDO, FL - Disney Worker Hits UNITE HERE Union Bosses with Federal Charge for Illegal Dues Seizures