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.
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.
IAM officials already paid nearly $17,000 for union role in Robert Basil Buick GMC employee’s illegal termination for refusal to join union and pay full dues
Buffalo, NY – In March 2022, after car dealership employee Remmington Duk filed federal charges against International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Automotive (IAM) Lodge 447, union officials agreed to pay him $16,916.
CWA officials also refused worker’s membership resignation, case comes as former CWA official Jennifer Abruzzo is top labor board prosecutor
GALETON, PA – Curtis Coates, an employee of metal corporation Catalus, just hit a Communications Workers of America (CWA) union local with federal charges for seizing dues money from his paycheck illegally, plus money for CWA’s political action committee (PAC).
100 Rhode Island hospital employees win refund of dues illegally seized for union lobbying
WARWICK, RI – Jeanette Geary finally achieved a total victory in her 11-year legal battle against union bosses. Foundation attorneys represented Geary throughout her fight.
ABC Cameraman Wins Ruling against CWA for Illegal Threats and Forced-Dues Demands
PORTLAND, OR – ABC cameraman Jeremy Brown was pleased in December 2020 when an NLRB Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) ruled in his favor that union officials had illegally seized full union dues from him despite the fact he is not a union member.
Settlement forces union officials to refund thousands to Savage Services employees, declare they won’t threaten those who refuse union membership
LOS ANGELES, CA - Long Beach-area Savage Services employee Nelson Medina has won a settlement ordering Teamsters Local 848 union officials to pay back thousands of dollars in illegal dues they seized from about 60 of his coworkers who objected to union membership and to funding the union’s political activity.
Robert Basil Buick GMC also hit with charge for carrying out illegal union threat by firing worker just days later
BUFFALO, NY - Remmington Duk, who recently worked as a mechanic at the Robert Basil Buick GMC dealership in Orchard Park, has filed federal charges against the International Association of Mechanics (IAM) Lodge 447 union and the dealership.
Worker charges state UAW union bosses and GM officials ignored multiple requests from worker to stop funding union political activities
ROCHESTER, NY - With free legal aid from National Right to Work Foundation staff attorneys, Rochester General Motors employee Roger Clemons has successfully forced United Auto Workers (UAW) union bosses at his workplace to stop illegally funneling money from his paycheck into union politics.