{"id":189,"date":"2008-01-22T11:36:45","date_gmt":"2008-01-22T11:36:45","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2016-08-09T18:21:35","modified_gmt":"2016-08-09T18:21:35","slug":"follow-up-on-timber-trucker-s-win-against-teamsters-union","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nrtw.org\/es\/blog\/follow-up-on-timber-trucker-s-win-against-teamsters-union\/","title":{"rendered":"Follow Up on Timber Trucker&#8217;s Win Against Teamsters Union"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nMontana timber trucker Michael Weller, who <a href=\"\/b\/nr_714.htm \" title=\"Michael Weller Files Charges Against Teamsters Local 2 Union\" target=\"_blank\">received free legal aid<\/a> from National Right to Work Foundation attorneys, <a href=\"\/press\/2008\/01\/butte-based-teamsters-union-backs-down-after-timber-trucker-files-federal-charges-ille \" title=\"Michael Weller Wins Against Teamsters Local 2 Union\" target=\"_blank\">won an agreement<\/a> that requires Teamsters Local 2 union officials to reimburse him all forced dues and initiation fees, plus interest.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe <i>Associated Press<\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kulr8.com\/news\/state\/13907242.html\" title=\"Teamsters Union Refunds Dues, Objector Fees to Kalispell Trucker\" target=\"_blank\">reported<\/a>:\n<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\n\tWeller said he paid the [forced dues] charges out of fear of losing his job, and sought financial disclosure documents from the union to determine if he was paying the correct amount.\n\t<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nHowever, even though it was an encouraging victory for Weller, <a href=\"\/rtws.htm\" title=\"Do You Live in a Right to Work state?\" target=\"_blank\">without a Right to Work law in Montana<\/a>, there are countless more workers who are forced to pay hundreds of dollars to an unwanted union each year or lose their jobs.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe <a href=\"\/files\/nrtw\/Daily Inter Lake - Man settles with union 1-17-08.pdf\" title=\"Man Settles With Union\" target=\"_blank\"><i>Daily Inter Lake<\/i><\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flatheadbeacon.com\/articles\/article\/teamsters_union_refunds_dues_objector_fees_to_kalispell_trucker\/2109\/\" title=\"Flathead Beacon\" target=\"_blank\"><i>Flathead Beacon<\/i><\/a> also covered Weller\u2019s victory.\n<\/p>\n<p><!--break--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\nMontana timber trucker Michael Weller, who <a href=\"\/b\/nr_714.htm \" title=\"Michael Weller Files Charges Against Teamsters Local 2 Union\" target=\"_blank\">received free legal aid<\/a> from National Right to Work Foundation attorneys, <a href=\"\/press\/2008\/01\/butte-based-teamsters-union-backs-down-after-timber-trucker-files-federal-charges-ille \" title=\"Michael Weller Wins Against Teamsters Local 2 Union\" target=\"_blank\">won an agreement<\/a> that requires Teamsters Local 2 union officials to reimburse him all forced dues and initiation fees, plus interest.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe <i>Associated Press<\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kulr8.com\/news\/state\/13907242.html\" title=\"Teamsters Union Refunds Dues, Objector Fees to Kalispell Trucker\" target=\"_blank\">reported<\/a>:\n<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\n\tWeller said he paid the [forced dues] charges out of fear of losing his job, and sought financial disclosure documents from the union to determine if he was paying the correct amount.\n\t<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nHowever, even though it was an encouraging victory for Weller, <a href=\"\/rtws.htm\" title=\"Do You Live in a Right to Work state?\" target=\"_blank\">without a Right to Work law in Montana<\/a>, there are countless more workers who are forced to pay hundreds of dollars to an unwanted union each year or lose their jobs.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe <a href=\"\/files\/nrtw\/Daily Inter Lake - Man settles with union 1-17-08.pdf\" title=\"Man Settles With Union\" target=\"_blank\"><i>Daily Inter Lake<\/i><\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flatheadbeacon.com\/articles\/article\/teamsters_union_refunds_dues_objector_fees_to_kalispell_trucker\/2109\/\" title=\"Flathead Beacon\" target=\"_blank\"><i>Flathead Beacon<\/i><\/a> also covered Weller\u2019s victory.<\/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-189","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>Follow Up on Timber Trucker&#039;s Win Against Teamsters Union - 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\/follow-up-on-timber-trucker-s-win-against-teamsters-union\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Follow Up on Timber Trucker&#039;s Win Against Teamsters Union - 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