{"id":108,"date":"2007-10-02T12:49:24","date_gmt":"2007-10-02T12:49:24","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2016-08-09T18:23:55","modified_gmt":"2016-08-09T18:23:55","slug":"union-officials-use-annual-objection-schemes-to-hamstring-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nrtw.org\/es\/blog\/union-officials-use-annual-objection-schemes-to-hamstring-employees\/","title":{"rendered":"Union Officials Use Annual Objection Schemes to Hamstring Employees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When hard-working employees object to paying forced dues for politics, they mean it.<\/p>\n<p>  But despite such opposition, union officials will try to find every way possible to demoralize and hamstring employees so that their forced dues money continues to follow into union political coffers.<\/p>\n<p>Take a look at <a href=\"\/b\/nr_704.php\" title=\"Robert Prime Complaint\">Robert Prime from Pensacola, Florida<\/a>. Mr. Prime works at the Naval Air Station. In December 2003, he filed charges with help from attorneys at the National Right to Work Foundation after IAM union officials told him he had to object every single year to paying for union political advocacy.<\/p>\n<p>IAM union officials refused to acknowledge that his objection should apply continuously. And while Mr. Prime fights for his objection to be honored, he and his coworkers are forced to oblige to a burdensome and discriminatory policy until a decision is issued <a href=\"\/pdfs\/news-release-docs\/Prime-Complaint%20and%20Notice%20of%20Hearing.pdf\" title=\"NLRB Prime Complaint\">after a hearing<\/a> scheduled for the end of this year. <\/p>\n<p>It took nearly four years for him just to get that far. But Mr. Prime and his coworkers in Florida are not alone.<\/p>\n<p>Just months ago, the NLRB delayed another ruling where George Gally, a 40-year veteran at Colt Firearms, requested that the federal board rule on his case under similar circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>Right to Work attorneys helped Mr. Gally of Connecticut originally <a href=\"\/b\/nr_591.php\" title=\"Gally Files ULPs\">file unfair labor practice charges<\/a> in 2003. His charges challenged the United Auto Worker (UAW) union\u2019s nationwide policy of requiring employees to object annually in order to receive refunds of forced union dues spent for union political activities.<\/p>\n<p>But the NLRB, with its reputation for dragging its feet, refused to rule on Mr. Gally\u2019s precedent-setting case and <a href=\"\/b\/nr_671.php\" title=\"Gally Decision Punted\" target=\"_blank\">punted the decision<\/a> back to a Regional Director for further review. <\/p>\n<p>As a result, Mr. Gally has no choice, like Mr. Prime, to wait longer for a ruling as union officials continue to enforce bogus hurdles designed solely to keep rank-and-file workers in line.<\/p>\n<p>Union officials do not require the same of their members. So why do they require those employees \u2013 who do not want to pay for union political activities \u2013 to object every year?<\/p>\n<p>The answer can surely be heard in the \u201ccha-ching\u201d of union bosses\u2019 coffers.<\/p>\n<p><!--break--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When hard-working employees object to paying forced dues for politics, they mean it.<\/p>\n<p>  But despite such opposition, union officials will try to find every way possible to demoralize and hamstring employees so that their forced dues money continues to follow into union political coffers.<\/p>\n<p>Take a look at <a href=\"\/b\/nr_704.php\" title=\"Robert Prime Complaint\">Robert Prime from Pensacola, Florida<\/a>. Mr. Prime works at the Naval Air Station. In December 2003, he filed charges with help from attorneys at the National Right to Work Foundation after IAM union officials told him he had to object every single year to paying for union political advocacy.<\/p>\n<p>IAM union officials refused to acknowledge that his objection should apply continuously. And while Mr. Prime fights for his objection to be honored, he and his coworkers are forced to oblige to a burdensome and discriminatory policy until a decision is issued <a href=\"\/pdfs\/news-release-docs\/Prime-Complaint%20and%20Notice%20of%20Hearing.pdf\" title=\"NLRB Prime Complaint\">after a hearing<\/a> scheduled for the end of this year. <\/p>\n<p>It took nearly four years for him just to get that far. But Mr. Prime and his coworkers in Florida are not alone.<\/p>\n<p>Just months ago, the NLRB delayed another ruling where George Gally, a 40-year veteran at Colt Firearms, requested that the federal board rule on his case under similar circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>Right to Work attorneys helped Mr. Gally of Connecticut originally <a href=\"\/b\/nr_591.php\" title=\"Gally Files ULPs\">file unfair labor practice charges<\/a> in 2003. His charges challenged the United Auto Worker (UAW) union\u2019s nationwide policy of requiring employees to object annually in order to receive refunds of forced union dues spent for union political activities.<\/p>\n<p>But the NLRB, with its reputation for dragging its feet, refused to rule on Mr. Gally\u2019s precedent-setting case and <a href=\"\/b\/nr_671.php\" title=\"Gally Decision Punted\" target=\"_blank\">punted the decision<\/a> back to a Regional Director for further review. <\/p>\n<p>As a result, Mr. Gally has no choice, like Mr. Prime, to wait longer for a ruling as union officials continue to enforce bogus hurdles designed solely to keep rank-and-file workers in line.<\/p>\n<p>Union officials do not require the same of their members. So why do they require those employees \u2013 who do not want to pay for union political activities \u2013 to object every year?<\/p>\n<p>The answer can surely be heard in the \u201ccha-ching\u201d of union bosses\u2019 coffers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[889],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Union Officials Use Annual Objection Schemes to Hamstring Employees - National Right to Work Foundation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nrtw.org\/blog\/union-officials-use-annual-objection-schemes-to-hamstring-employees\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Union Officials Use Annual Objection Schemes to Hamstring Employees - National Right to Work Foundation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"When hard-working employees object to paying forced dues for politics, they mean it. 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But Mr. Prime and his coworkers in Florida are not alone.Just months ago, the NLRB delayed another ruling where George Gally, a 40-year veteran at Colt Firearms, requested that the federal board rule on his case under similar circumstances.Right to Work attorneys helped Mr. Gally of Connecticut originally file unfair labor practice charges in 2003. His charges challenged the United Auto Worker (UAW) union\u2019s nationwide policy of requiring employees to object annually in order to receive refunds of forced union dues spent for union political activities.But the NLRB, with its reputation for dragging its feet, refused to rule on Mr. Gally\u2019s precedent-setting case and punted the decision back to a Regional Director for further review. As a result, Mr. Gally has no choice, like Mr. Prime, to wait longer for a ruling as union officials continue to enforce bogus hurdles designed solely to keep rank-and-file workers in line.Union officials do not require the same of their members. 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