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National Right to Work Foundation-won precedents protect Michiganders from Big Labor forced-dues-for-politics schemes.

Jewish MIT Graduate Students Slam BDS-Linked Union with Federal Discrimination Charges

Students assert their rights under Civil Rights Act by requesting religious exemptions from funding union, but union officials continue to demand dues payments BOSTON, MA - Graduate students from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have filed federal discrimination charges against the United Electrical Workers (UE) and MIT Graduate Students Union (GSU), stating that union officials have illegally denied their requests for religious accommodations to the forced payment of union dues.

Ohio Kroger Employee Slams UFCW and Kroger with Federal Charges for Illegally Seizing Money from Paycheck

Union officials threatened that employee would be fired for not signing illegal dues deduction authorization form, Kroger still taking dues from employee’s paycheck FAIRFIELD, OH - An employee of Kroger’s location in the Fairfield Center Mall Shopping Center has hit the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 75 union with federal charges, stating that union officials threatened him with termination for refusing to sign an illegal union membership form.

Philly-Area Dometic Employees Slam UAW Union with Federal Charges for Illegal Threats Linked to Strike

Union steward threatened to fine and terminate any employee who chose to work during strike, seized money illegally from workers PHILADELPHIA, PA - Seven employees of auto accessory manufacturer Dometic’s Philadelphia-area factory have filed federal charges against the United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 644 union, maintaining that union officials ignored their requests to resign union membership during a strike, and are now unlawfully imposing internal union discipline on them.

National Right to Work Foundation Highlights Michigan Workers’ Legal Options as Right to Work Repeal Looms

Legal notices: Though forced dues will again be legal in the private sector, Michigan workers can still reject union boss demands to join union and fund union political activities LANSING, MI - The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation has issued special legal notices to public and private sector workers in Michigan, which explains what rights workers still have to resist union boss demands as the repeal of the state’s Right to Work law takes effect.

National Right to Work Foundation Sample Letter for Michigan Nonmember Private Sector Employees

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East Bay-Area Fire Safety Inspector Prevails in Case Against IUOE Union for Illegal Firing

Employee wins reinstatement and back pay after being unlawfully fired for exercising right to reject formal union membership PLEASANTON, CA - After being fired over her refusal to formally become a formal union member, Construction Testing Services employee Alexandra Le won a settlement against the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) and her employer.

L’Oréal Employee Hits Union with Federal Charges for Illegal Dues Deductions, Threats for Seeking to Oust Union

According to charge, union agent threatened: “The union is like a big mafia…something bad is going to happen to you” PISCATAWAY, NJ - Piscataway L’Oréal USA employee Ana Maria Hoyos Lopez has slammed the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union (RWDSU/UFCW) Local 262 with federal charges, which assert that RWDSU made illegal threats against her for opposing the union.

Federal Charge: East Bay-Area Construction Materials Worker Illegally Fired for Refusing to Join Union

NLRB investigating IUOE union bosses for retaliatory termination and seizing dues from employee’s paycheck in violation of longstanding law PLEASANTON, CA - Alexandra Le, an employee of Pleasanton-based materials testing company Construction Testing Services (CTS), has hit International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) officials and CTS with federal charges.

Special Legal Notice for Employees of Infinity Healthcare

News outlets are reporting that as soon as September 4, 2023 Service Employees’ International Union-Healthcare Illinois officials plan to order around 1,000 nursing home workers to strike against Infinity Healthcare at 11 facilities in Illinois.