Utility Employee Seeks to Shut Off Forced Dues Scheme

Union bosses illegally demand worker join union or “be escorted off the property”

Newark, NJ (October 28, 2013) – A Public Service Electric and Gas company worker has filed federal charges against a local union and his employer for violating his rights.

With free legal assistance from the National Right to Work Foundation, Gregory Lehman of Woodbridge, New Jersey, filed the unfair labor practice charges with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).

Lehman, who must accept Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU) Local 153 officials’ representation as a condition of his employment, alleges that union officials and company management demanded he join the union and pay full union dues or be fired and “escorted off the property.”

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The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation is a nonprofit, charitable organization providing free legal aid to employees whose human or civil rights have been violated by compulsory unionism abuses. The Foundation, which can be contacted toll-free at 1-800-336-3600, assists thousands of employees in about 200 cases nationwide per year.