Hilton Employee Hits Recalcitrant Union with Federal Charges for Continued Misuse of Forced Union Dues

**Honolulu, HI (May 1, 2007)** – With help from attorneys at the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Grant Suzuki, an employee at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Hotel, filed federal charges after union officials failed to provide proper financial expenditures disclosure – an employee’s right to safeguard his forced union dues against political use. […]

Safeway Employee Hits Butte-Based UFCW Union with Federal Charges for Illegal Threats and Dues Seizures

**Butte, MT (April 25, 2007)** – A local employee of Safeway Inc. (NYSE: SWY) filed federal charges against the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 4 union to protect himself and his coworkers from illegal seizures of forced union dues from their paychecks. Gerald Rasmussen, a meatcutter at the Polson Safeway, filed the charges […]

Machinist Union Hit with Multiple Federal Charges for Retaliating Against Employees Who Inquired about their Rights

**Cleveland, OH (March 26, 2007)** – Two employees of Alcoa Company (NYSE: AA) filed a new round of federal unfair labor practice charges today to protect themselves from a pattern of ugly union intimidation at the company. The employees at Alcoa’s trucking wheel manufacturing plant filed the charges with help from National Right to Work […]

Ryerson Employees Force Teamsters Union to Back Off Unlawful Retaliatory Strike Fines of Up to $1,000 per Worker

**Chicago, IL (February 21, 2007)** – A wave of federal unfair labor practice charges filed against the Teamsters Local 714 union by ten Joseph T. Ryerson & Son, Inc. employees has forced Teamsters officials to stop attempting to collect unlawful retaliatory fines against the workers for continuing to do their jobs during a union-ordered strike. […]

Federal Labor Board to Prosecute UAW Union for Bullying Nurses Seeking to Vote Out Unwanted Union

**Toledo, OH (February 6, 2007)** – The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has issued a formal complaint and agreed to prosecute the United Auto Workers (UAW) union for a campaign of harassment and intimidation aimed at nurses seeking an election to vote the union out at St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center. The complaint stems from […]

Colt Firearms Worker Asks Court to Order Federal Labor Board to Decide Another Long-Delayed Case

**Hartford, CT (January 31, 2007)** – With free legal aid from the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation an employee of Colt Manufacturing has filed a rare *mandamus* petition asking a federal appellate court in Washington, DC to order the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to rule in a long-delayed case that has languished […]

Bush Labor Board Boosts Union “Corporate Campaigns,” Whitewashes Clinton-era Policy Favoring Firings of Workers Who Won’t Pay fo

**Washington, DC (January 30, 2007)** – Forced to rule by an extremely rare court order, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) let stand a controversial Clinton NLRB ruling that approved the firing of workers who refuse to pay for union organizing campaigns. The ruling came in a long-languishing case initiated in 1989 by two cheese […]

Federal Court Orders Bush’s Labor Board to Resolve Key Employee Rights Case Delayed Since 1989

**Washington, DC (January 22, 2007)** – With free legal aid from the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, two Schreiber Foods employees from Green Bay, Wisconsin, persuaded a federal appellate court to order the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to rule in a long-delayed case the workers filed in 1989. Having refrained from formal […]

ESPN/ABC Cameraman Challenges Pervasive Entertainment Industry Practice of Forcing Union Membership on Part-Time and Freelance C

**Fort Worth, TX (January 17, 2007)** – A television cameraman employed as a “daily hire” for the Walt Disney Company (ABC) through its subsidiary ESPN Television filed federal charges against the National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians (NABET) Local 41 union challenging a pervasive practice in the entertainment industry of forcing union membership on part-time and freelance independent contractors. The cameraman also filed charges against the Chicago-based union for threatening to have him fired for refusing to pay thousands of dollars in compulsory union dues.

Teamsters Union Faces Federal Charges for Illegal Strike Fines Levied Against Ryerson Employees

**Chicago, IL (December 19, 2006)** – A group of ten Joseph T. Ryerson & Son, Inc. employees filed a wave of federal charges against the Teamsters Local 714 union today after union officials vindictively fined them for refusing to walk off the job during a Teamsters-mandated strike. The metal processing workers obtained free legal assistance […]