Philly Public Defender Beats Illegal UAW Dues Deduction Scheme

UAW boss threatened to reduce workers’ wages for not signing dues card PHILADELPHIA, PA – Brunilda Vargas, a public defender for the City of Philadelphia, staunchly objected when United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 5502 union bosses sought to gain power over her and her colleagues at the Defender Association of Philadelphia.

Victory: San Diego Charter School Educators Vote Out Teacher Union Bosses

SDEA officials stonewalled vote at charter school for years with “blocking charges” and pressure from elected officials SAN DIEGO, CA – After years of legal maneuvers from union officials, educators at charter school Gompers Preparatory Academy have successfully ousted the SDEA teacher union with free legal aid from the National Right to Work Foundation.

Support Staff at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children Vote to Eject AFSCME Union Officials

Large unit of over 270 medical assistants, office coordinators, and others will now be free of union control PHILADELPHIA, PA - Support staff at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children in Philadelphia have successfully voted Service Employees International Union District 1199C (SEIU) officials out of power at their facility.

Right to Work Foundation Brief: 2018 Janus Decision Means Union “Release Time” Violates AZ Constitution’s Gift Clause

Brief supports challenge pending at Arizona Supreme Court against Phoenix’s scheme to subsidize inherently political union activities with tax dollars PHOENIX, AZ – The National Right to Work Foundation has just filed an amicus brief in Mark Gilmore v. Kate Gallego, a case currently pending before the Arizona Supreme Court.

Majority of Austin, MN, Mayo Clinic Medical Assistants, Care Specialists Request Vote to Remove Steelworkers Union

Last December, a majority of workers successfully voted to strip union officials of power to compel dues payments AUSTIN, MN - A patient care specialist at the Mayo Clinic location in Austin, MN, has just submitted to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) a petition backed by her colleagues seeking a vote to remove United Steelworkers (USW) Local 11-005 union officials from power at their facility.

L’Oréal Employee Hits Union with Federal Charges for Illegal Dues Deductions, Threats for Seeking to Oust Union

According to charge, union agent threatened: “The union is like a big mafia…something bad is going to happen to you” PISCATAWAY, NJ - Piscataway L’Oréal USA employee Ana Maria Hoyos Lopez has slammed the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union (RWDSU/UFCW) Local 262 with federal charges, which assert that RWDSU made illegal threats against her for opposing the union.

Enforcing Janus v. AFSCME

In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision in Janus v AFSCME, many public sector unions have erected barriers that make it more difficult for public workers to stop dues payments. One such barrier is an “escape period,” a window of time outside of which a person is forced to continue subsidizing union speech. In […]

Buffalo Starbucks Baristas Blast National Labor Relations Board’s Move to Trap Workers in Union at Court of Appeals

NLRB lawyers claim workers’ opposition to union “justifies” union being imposed on unwilling employees BUFFALO, NY - Ariana Cortes and Logan Karam, Starbucks partners in the Buffalo area, have just filed an amicus brief in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals case Leslie v. Starbucks Corp.

Buena Park Medieval Times Employees Request Vote to Banish AGVA Union Bosses from Castle

Performer’s petition contains support from majority of employees at Buena Park location; National Labor Relations Board will now review LOS ANGELES, CA - Michelle Dean, a performer at dinner theater concept Medieval Times’ Buena Park location, today filed a petition at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) requesting a vote to remove American Guild of Variety Artists (AGVA) union officials from power at her workplace.

Starbucks Workers Nationwide Rising Up Against Union Representation

Foundation provides free legal aid to Starbucks employees looking to remove unions WASHINGTON, DC – Union bosses and their bought-and-paid-for political allies like Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have been touting the unionization of some Starbucks locations as a breakthrough for Big Labor. But Starbucks employees under union control are increasingly realizing the drawbacks of having union bosses in the workplace and are banding together to say “NO” to union power.