Information about the Freightliner/UAW RICO Case

News Release: Freightliner/Daimler-Chrysler and UAW Face Federal Racketeering Suit for Backroom Sweetheart Deal to Force Workers into Union Ranks

• View the Class-Action Complaint
• Statement by Foundation Vice President Stefan Gleason
• Statement by Plaintiff Katherine Ivey
• Statement by Plaintiff Timothy Cochrane
• More Photos from the Detroit Press Conference

Overview of Freightliner UAW "Neutrality Agreement"

News Releases

• April 21, 2009: Employees Ask U.S. Supreme Court to Reinstate RICO Case against UAW Union Organizing Scheme
• December 29, 2008: Appellate Court Errs by Blocking an Examination into UAW Backroom Deal as a Form of Labor Bribery
• November 10, 2006: Employees Considering Appeal of Cryptic Ruling Dismissing Federal Racketeering Suit Against Freightliner and UAW Union 
• August 12, 2005: UAW Union and Freightliner Hastily Sign Settlement Agreement After Announced Prosecution for Blocking Workers’ Wage Increase
• August 10, 2005: Federal Labor Board to Prosecute United Auto Workers Union for Blocking Freightliner Workers’ Wage Increase
• October 6, 2004: Federal Labor Board Issues Formal Complaint Against Freightliner for Coercion of Nonunion Employees
• August 11, 2003: Union Officials Hold Wage Increase Hostage to Force Workers to Accept Unwanted Union Affiliation

Employee Statements

• Statement by Freightliner Employee Mike Ivey

View UAW "Neutrality Agreements"

• Freightliner and UAW Union Neutrality Agreement
• Freightliner and UAW Preconditions | Freightliner 2 | Dana and UAW Union
• United Autoworkers Union Model Neutrality Agreement

Case Summaries and Legal Documents

• Summary of the RICO Case
• Petition for a Writ of Certiorari
• National Federation of Independent Businesses Amicus Brief
• Brief in Opposition to Granting Certiorari
• Summary of Mike Ivey’s NLRB Case
• 8/7/03: Mike Ivey’s Initial NLRB Charge Against UAW
• 8/7/03: Mike Ivey’s Initial NLRB Charge Againt Freightliner
• 8/7/03: David Roach’s Initial NLRB Charge Against UAW
• 8/7/03: David Roach’s Initial NLRB Charge Against Freightliner
• 9/2/04: Letter from NLRB General Counsel Granting Ivey and Roach’s Appeal
• 9/30/04: Mike Ivey’s NLRB Charge and Injunctive Relief Sought Against UAW
• 9/30/04: Mike Ivey’s NLRB Charge and Injunctive Relief Sought Againt Freightliner
• 9/30/04: David Roach’s NLRB Charge and Injunctive Relief Sought Against UAW
• 9/30/04: David Roach’s NLRB Charge and Injunctive Relief Sought Againt Freightliner
• 8/5/05: NLRB Consolidated Complaint Against United Auto Workers Union and Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation
• 1/24/06: Federal Class-Action Racketeering Complaint Against United Auto Workers Union and Freightliner

For more, see our "Neutrality Agreement" Resouces Section.