Guardia de transporte armado de San Juan le solicita a junta laboral que elimine la controversial práctica de obstaculizar el voto de los trabajadores a favor de remover un sindicato

Union officials using “contract bar” to trap worker and his coworkers in union ranks despite valid employee-backed petition seeking secret-ballot election SAN JUAN, PR - A San Juan-based guard employed by Ranger American Armored Services has just submitted a Request for Review to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in Washington, DC.

Trabajadores de la Universidad de Puerto Rico solicitan una orden de injunction preliminar para detener las amenazas de los funcionarios sindicales a beneficios de salud

Union officials threaten to take away healthcare benefits unless employees “authorize” years of prior illegal union dues deductions SAN JUAN, PR – Employees of the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) filed a motion for a preliminary injunction against the University of Puerto Rico Workers Union. The motion comes as part of the employees’ class action lawsuit against the University’s President in his official capacity and the union for illegally seizing dues from workers’ paychecks without their authorization.

Teachers File Charges against San Diego Union Officials Who Attacked Them on Social Media

SDEA union officials used Facebook, Instagram posts to disparage teachers who backed a petition to hold a vote to remove the union from the school SAN DIEGO, CA – Gompers Preparatory Academy teachers filed unfair labor practice charges with the California Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) against the San Diego Education Association (SDEA) for illegal retaliation and for interfering with their right to refrain from union membership.

Phoenix Cemex Transport Employees Hit Teamsters Union with Federal Charges for Illegally Collecting Fees for Non-Existent “Benefits”

Union officials refuse to refund money they took from employees’ pay for healthcare benefits the employees never received PHOENIX, AZ - Phoenix-area Cemex Transport employee Joseph Conway has filed charges against Teamsters Local 104 union. He asserts that union officials refuse to return money that was deducted from his and his coworkers’ paychecks for healthcare benefits they never received.

Hawaii Kaiser Permanente Employee Hits Local Union with Federal Charge for Illegal Union Dues Seizures

Union officials ignored two resignation requests, continue to unlawfully charge employee for union politics Hawaii - Nina Chiu, an employee of Kaiser Permanente in Hawaii, filed a federal charge against the UNITE HERE Local 5 union at her workplace.

Hamilton Ohio Employee Hits IUOE Union Bosses with Federal First Amendment Lawsuit Challenging Deceptive Forced Fee Scheme

Janus v. AFSCME Supreme Court decision clearly forbids forced union fees for public employees, but IUOE bosses try to pass them off as “agreement administration fees” CINCINNATI, OH - With free legal aid from National Right to Work Foundation staff attorneys, City of Hamilton employee Timothy Crane is suing International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) Local 20 union officials and the City of Hamilton for seizing a compulsory fee from his paycheck in violation of his First Amendment rights.

Labor Board to Prosecute IUOE Union Officials for Restricting Rieth-Riley Workers’ Resignations and Dues Revocations

Workers already receiving $1,000+ refunds, Labor Board says that union officials used illegal barriers to prevent workers from ending dues payments DETROIT, MI - In response to federal charges filed by three employees of Rieth-Riley Construction Company, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Region 7 in Detroit has just hit the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) Local 324 union with a second consolidated complaint for using unlawful resignation and revocation requirements to trap employees in unwanted membership and dues payments.

Federal Appeals Court to Hear United Airlines Worker’s Lawsuit Challenging Forced Union Dues “Opt-Out” Scheme

Foundation attorneys argue IAM union opt-out requirement to escape payment for union officials’ political activities violates Supreme Court’s Janus precedent NEW ORLEANS, LA – Today the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit will hear arguments in United Airlines fleet service employee Arthur Baisley’s class action lawsuit against the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) union.

Judge Rules for ABC Cameraman in Case against NABET Union Officials Who Seized Illegal Dues from His Paycheck

Union bosses ignored his attempts to exercise his rights, now must refund all illegally taken money PORTLAND, OR - Portland-area ABC cameraman Jeremy Brown has just won a decision in his case charging National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians (NABET-CWA) Local 51 union officials with demanding and seizing illegal dues from him and for ignoring his multiple attempts to exercise his right to refrain from union membership and not pay for union political activities.

Chicago Mental Health Counselor Files Federal Class Action Suit Against SEIU for Dues Seizures in Violation of First Amendment

Lawsuit seeks to end scheme that blocks University of Illinois workers from exercising constitutional right to stop union dues deductions CHICAGO, IL – With free legal representation from National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation staff attorneys, Johnathan Shepard, a mental health counselor working for the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System (UI Health), has filed a federal class-action civil rights lawsuit against Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 73 and the University’s Board of Trustees.