Los Angeles, CA (January 18, 2012) – With free legal assistance from the National Right to Work Foundation, two Los Angeles Times newspaper printing press operators have filed federal charges against a local Teamster union for violating their rights.
Leon Carey, Jr. and James Clayton filed the charges with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) last Wednesday.
Recently, Graphic Communications Conference of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (GCC/IBT) Local 140-N union and company officials entered into a contract which purports to require all employees to be full-dues-paying union members, even though full membership cannot be enforced under federal law. Moreover, union officials failed to inform workers of their rights, including their right to refrain from full-dues-paying union membership as upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in the Foundation-won Communications Workers v. Beck case.
Officials of the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United have ordered all nurses to abandon their patients and go on strike at Kaiser and Sutter Hospitals in California, and the Oakland Children’s Hospital & Research Center in Oakland, California.
The situation raises serious concerns for nurses who believe there is much to lose from a union-ordered strike.
Employees have the right under federal labor law to rebuff union officials’ strike demands, but it is important for you to get informed before you do so.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO WORK DURING A STRIKE READ ALL OF THIS SPECIAL NOTICE BEFORE RETURNING TO WORK - IT MIGHT SAVE YOU THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS!
California Nurses Association/National Nurses United union officials have a decades long history of disciplining, fining and abusing workers who do not kow-tow to their dictates.