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01/07/08 |
Oostburg, WI |
Employees Hit Union with Federal Charges After Being Slapped with $120,000 in Illegal Retaliatory Fines |
12/11/07 |
Pensacola, FL |
Floridian Spurs Elimination of National Union Policy Requiring Annual Objections to Forced Dues for Politics |
11/20/07 |
Springfield, VA |
Worker Advocate Praises U.S. Supreme Court Review of Ninth Circuit Ruling Endorsing Coercive Union Organizing |
11/16/07 |
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November/December Foundation Action |
11/02/07 |
Batavia, IL |
Transit Union Slapped With Federal Labor Charges for Muscling Back into a Facility After Employees’ Revolt Forced it Out |
10/31/07 |
Pomona, CA |
Union Officials at Pomona Valley Hospital Illegally Threaten Non-striking Nurses with Arrest, Jail, and Fines |
10/29/07 |
Butte, MT |
Hanson Trucking Driver Hits Butte-Based Teamsters Union with Federal Charges for Illegal Threats to Job |
10/17/07 |
Springfield, VA |
National Right to Work Foundation Adds Experienced Virginia Attorney to Expert Legal Staff |
10/11/07 |
Hollywood, CA |
Hollywood Union Hit with Federal Charge After Union Officials Threaten Musicians With Arrests |
10/10/07 |
Butte, MT |
Safeway Employees Win Settlement Against Union After Illegal Threats and Dues Seizures |
10/02/07 |
Washington, D.C. |
National Right to Work Secures New Rights for Employees to Protect Against Abusive Union “Card Check” Organizing |
10/02/07 |
Pensacola, FL |
Federal Labor Board to Prosecute Union for Requiring Annual Objections to Forced Union Dues for Politics |
09/19/07 |
Philadelphia, PA |
Court Permission Sought to Alert More Than 12,000 Workers that Union Organizers Illegally Obtained Personal DMV Records |
09/17/07 |
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September/October 2007 Foundation Action |
09/05/07 |
Corpus Christi, TX |
Another Corpus Christi Security Guard Files Charges After Illegal ‘Pay Union Dues or Be Fired’ Threat |
09/05/07 |
Landover, MD |
Federal Labor Board to Prosecute Union for Retaliatory Fines Against Five Former Landover Giant Foods Employees |
08/31/07 |
Springfield, VA |
Leading Union Watchdogs Available for Interviews On and Around Labor Day 2007 |
08/29/07 |
Springfield, VA |
Foundation Vice President Stefan Gleason Reacts to Federal Election Commission Fine Against America Coming Together |
08/20/07 |
Akron, OH |
Goodyear Employees Win Settlement Against Steelworkers Union for Illegal Retaliatory Strike Fines and Intimidation |
08/14/07 |
Los Angeles, CA |
Teamsters Union Must Abandon Over $100,000 in Illegal Fines Levied Against Workers During California Grocery Strike |
08/14/07 |
Gulfport, MS |
Island View Casino Employees Seek Federal Injunction to Block Coercive “Card Check” Unionization Drive |
08/08/07 |
Aberdeen, MD |
Foundation Forces Union Officials to Abandon Their Illegal Scheme to Coerce Engineers into Union Ranks |
08/07/07 |
San Diego, CA |
16 Year-Old Girl Hits Union Officials with Federal Charges After Illegal Threats Against Her Albertsons Job |
08/06/07 |
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Federal Board to Prosecute Butte-Based Union for Illegal Threats and Dues Seizures at Local Safeway |
08/01/07 |
Corpus Christi, TX |
Security Guard Forces Employer to Settle After Unlawfully Threatening Firings for Refusal to Pay Union Dues |
07/24/07 |
Corpus Christi & El Paso, TX |
Employee Rights Group Reacts to Attorney General Abbott’s Long-sought Legal Action to Enforce Texas’ Right to Work Law |
07/24/07 |
Hartford, CT |
Federal Labor Board Rejects Colt Firearms Worker’s Request to Decide Four Year-Old Case |
07/09/07 |
Los Angeles, CA |
Staunch Employee Opposition Forces Union out of Multiple Kaiser Permanente Facilities Across Southern California |
07/09/07 |
Corpus Christi, TX |
Federal Labor Board to Prosecute Union for Threatening to Have Security Guards Fired for Refusal to Pay Union Dues |
07/03/07 |
Chicago, IL |
Treasure Island Foods Employees Vote to Kick Unpopular Union Out of All Six Chicago-Area Stores |
06/28/07 |
San Francisco, CA |
Federal Judge Tosses Out Union Lawyers’ Frivolous Suit to Block SFO Security Screeners’ Election to Rid Workplace of Forced Union Dues |
06/28/07 |
El Paso, TX |
Employee Rights Group Wins Security Guard’s Reinstatement After Year-Long Suspension for Refusal to Pay Union Dues |
06/22/07 |
Columbus, OH |
Court Strikes Down Ohio Law Forcing Public Employees to Pay Union Dues Unless They Join Certain Religions |
06/21/07 |
Springfield, VA |
Employee Rights Advocate Urges Attorney General to Prosecute Pattern of Apparent Union Fraud and Violations of Texas Right to Work Law |
06/18/07 |
El Paso, TX |
Federal Labor Board Finds Union Officials Guilty of Forcing Firing of Security Guard Who Didn’t Pay Dues |
06/14/07 |
Washington, DC |
U.S. Supreme Court Rules in National Right to Work Foundation’s Case: Union Officials Have No Constitutional Right to Spend Employees’ Forced Dues for Politics |
06/06/07 |
Harrisburg, PA |
Federal Court Enjoins Illegal Union Dues Seizures from Pennsylvania Turnpike Employees |
06/05/07 |
Akron, OH |
Steelworkers Union Faces Prosecution for Illegal Retaliatory Strike Fines And Intimidation of Goodyear Employees |
06/01/07 |
San Francisco, CA |
SEIU Union Lawyers File Desperate Federal Lawsuit to Block SFO Screeners’ Election to Rid Workplace of Forced Union Dues |
05/30/07 |
Chicago, IL |
Over 300 Treasure Island Foods Employees Finally Allowed a Vote on Ousting Unpopular Union |
05/14/07 |
San Francisco, CA |
Over 900 SFO Airport Security Screeners to Vote Whether to Eliminate Compulsory Union Dues from Workplace |
05/10/07 |
Landover, MD |
13 Former Giant Foods Employees Hit Union with Federal Charges for Unlawful Retaliatory Fines |
05/03/07 |
Washington, DC |
Federal Labor Board to Prosecute Union for Illegal Firing of Catholic University Grounds Keeper |
05/02/07 |
Pleasanton, CA |
Acura Employees Hit Union with Federal Charges for Threatening Firings for Refusal to Pay Fines |
05/01/07 |
Honolulu, HI |
Hilton Employee Hits Recalcitrant Union with Federal Charges for Continued Misuse of Forced Union Dues |
04/25/07 |
Butte, MT |
Safeway Employee Hits Butte-Based UFCW Union with Federal Charges for Illegal Threats and Dues Seizures |
04/05/07 |
Atlanta, GA |
Union Officials Forced to Drop $5,000 Retaliatory Fines Against Employees Doing Nonunion Work |
04/03/07 |
Corpus Christi, TX |
Security Guard Hits Union with Federal Charges for Threatening Jobs for Refraining from Union Membership |
03/30/07 |
Atlantic City, NJ |
Statement on Congressman Andrews’ Interference in Trump Plaza Hotel Union Election |
03/30/07 |
Atlantic City, NJ |
Federal Labor Board Asked to Block Trump Plaza Election, Ethics Investigation Sought into Rep. Andrews’ Tampering with Union Vote |
03/26/07 |
Cleveland, OH |
Machinist Union Hit with Multiple Federal Charges for Retaliating Against Employees Who Inquired about their Rights |
03/22/07 |
Pittsburgh/Harrisburg, PA |
26 Turnpike Employees Hit Teamsters Union with Two Civil Rights Lawsuits for Illegal Union Dues Seizures |
02/21/07 |
Ventura, CA |
California Labor Board Orders UFW to Stop Trying to Get Workers Fired for Refusal to Pay Full Union Dues |
02/21/07 |
Atlanta, GA |
Atlanta Construction Workers Hit Union with Federal Charges After Being Slapped with $5,000 Retaliatory Fines for Nonunion Work |
02/08/07 |
Washington, DC |
Union-Abused Employees Give Testimony to Congress Against Coercive “Card Check” Organizing Scheme |
02/06/07 |
Toledo, OH |
Federal Labor Board to Prosecute UAW Union for Bullying Nurses Seeking to Vote Out Unwanted Union |
02/05/07 |
El Paso, TX |
Federal Labor Board to Prosecute Union for Retaliation Against Security Guard for Asserting Legal Rights |
01/31/07 |
Hartford, CT |
Colt Firearms Worker Asks Court to Order Federal Labor Board to Decide Another Long-Delayed Case |
01/30/07 |
Washington, DC |
Bush Labor Board Boosts Union “Corporate Campaigns,” Whitewashes Clinton-era Policy Favoring Firings of Workers Who Won’t Pay for Union Organizing |
01/22/07 |
Columbus, OH |
Teacher Challenges Constitutionality of Ohio Law Forcing Public Employees to Pay Union Dues Unless Members of State-Approved Religions |
01/22/07 |
Washington, DC |
Federal Court Orders Bush’s Labor Board to Resolve Key Employee Rights Case Delayed Since 1989 |
01/17/07 |
Fort Worth, TX |
ESPN/ABC Cameraman Challenges Pervasive Entertainment Industry Practice of Forcing Union Membership on Part-Time and Freelance Contractors |
01/17/07 |
Buckhannon, WV |
SEIU and ResCare Health Giant Face Second Round of Federal Charges for Illegally Forcing Unionization on Workers throughout West Virginia |
01/10/07 |
Washington, DC |
Legal Foundation for Petitioners in First Amendment Battle Comment on Today’s Supreme Court Oral Argument |
01/08/07 |
Washington, DC |
Supreme Court Media Availability: Lead Plaintiff and Legal Counsel to Appear After Argument in Key First Amendment Battle |
01/03/07 |
Washington, DC |
Media Advisory: Lead Plaintiff and Legal Foundation in Upcoming Supreme Court First Amendment Battle Available for Interviews |