Ascension Providence Rochester Hospital Lab Techs Secure Victory in Effort to Remove Unwanted Union

After failing to block the vote using cynical legal arguments, OPEIU union officials ran away rather than face loss in decertification election Rochester, MI – Lab technicians at Ascension Providence Rochester Hospital in Michigan, have finally won their effort to be free of unwanted so-called” representation” by union officials of the Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU) Local 40.

Teamsters Officials Hit With Federal Charges for Having USF Holland Worker Illegally Fired

NLRB charges filed against union and employer after company fired worker for exercising his right not join the union Jackson, MN – Jannie Potgieter, who up until recently was a freight employee at industrial park USF Holland in Jackson, Minnesota, has filed federal charges against the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 120 union and his employer.

Courageous Tennessean Wins Big in Union Discrimination Suit

LIUNA union official disparaged faith of employee and sent her priest ‘remedial church readings’ CLARKSVILLE, TN – Workers who seek free legal aid from the National Right to Work Foundation often stand up for their rights despite real threats union bosses make on their livelihoods and their ability to provide for their families. For Tennessee employee Dorothy Frame, who just won a major settlement against Laborers International Union (LIUNA) officials with Foundation aid, all that and more was at risk. She believed LIUNA officials’ forced-dues demands violated her religion.

Empleados del Negociado de la Policía de Puerto Rico enfrentan a Unión y al Negociado con demanda federal por ilegalmente denegarles beneficios de salud

Funcionarios sindicales hicieron que el Negociado de la Policía rescindiera beneficio luego de que empleados ejercieran su derecho de la Primera Enmienda a abstenerse de membresía formal en la unión y de cuotas SAN JUAN, PR - Ocho empleados civiles del Negociado de la Policía de Puerto Rico están demandando a la Unión de Empleados Civiles Organizados y a su patrono por ilegalmente tomar represalias contra ellos por el ejercicio de sus derechos constitucionales.

ATU Union Faces Trial for Union Officials’ Physical Assault, Illegal Retaliation Against DC-Area Transdev Driver

National Labor Relations Board issued complaint against union for retribution campaign based in part on driver’s previous opposition to union in workplace Washington, DC – Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689 is facing prosecution by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) after a union shop steward attacked a Transdev driver campaigning for union office. The assaulted driver, Hyattsville-based Thomas McLamb, is receiving free legal representation from National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation staff attorneys.

District Court Orders Connecticut State Police to Turn Over Evidence in Former Sergeant’s Retaliation Suit

Veteran officer was transferred out of prestigious position for asserting his workplace rights, choosing not to be a union member HARTFORD, CT – A federal judge has just ordered Connecticut Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection Commissioner James Rovella to turn over evidence in a federal retaliation lawsuit filed in 2016 by Joseph Mercer, a former Connecticut State Trooper.

Boeing Technician Files Federal Lawsuit Against Machinists Union Over Illegal Forced Dues Demands

Instead of reducing nonmember worker’s payments in accordance with Supreme Court precedent, union bosses charged him arbitrary higher amount SEATTLE, WA – With free legal aid from the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Seattle Boeing technician Don Zueger is suing International Association of Machinists union officials in federal court for violating his right to refrain from paying for unwanted union activities.

NYC University Professors Take Aim at Forced Union ‘Representation’

CUNY professors’ lawsuit argues NY law forces them under power of anti-Semitic union NEW YORK, NY – CUNY professors Jeffrey Lax, Michael Goldstein, Avraham Goldstein, Frimette Kass-Shraibman, Mitchell Langbert, and Maria Pagano are suing the AFL-CIO-affiliated Professional Staff Congress (PSC) union, CUNY executives, and New York State officials, challenging New York State’s “Taylor Law” that gives unions monopoly bargaining privileges in public sector workplaces like CUNY.

Orange County Lifeguards Push for Rehearing of First Amendment Challenge to Union Scheme Trapping Them in Union Membership 

Restrictions will trap lifeguards in union membership and full dues payments for almost four years after they opted out of union  Orange County, CA – California lifeguard Jonathan Savas and 22 colleagues are pressing for a rehearing of their federal civil rights lawsuit before an en banc panel of judges of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Federal Judge Rejects Attempt by TWU Union and Southwest to Thwart Flight Attendant’s Religious Discrimination Suit

Flight attendant’s case will go to trial at District Court in Dallas Dallas, TX – A federal judge has ruled that Southwest flight attendant Charlene Carter’s federal lawsuit, in which she is suing Transportation Workers Union of America (TWU) Local 556 officials and Southwest for illegally firing her over her religious opposition to abortion, will continue at the US District Court in Dallas. Carter is receiving free legal representation from National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation staff attorneys.