Albuquerque, N.M. (February 7, 2006) – The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in Washington, D.C., has ruled that Teamsters union officials violated workers’ rights by retaliating against workers who chose to do their jobs during the national strike against United Parcel Service (UPS) in 1997. The ruling ensures that UPS drivers in New Mexico may […]
Greensburg, IN (January 31, 2006) – With free legal aid from National Right to Work Foundation attorneys, nine Printpack workers filed federal charges today against the Graphic Communications Conference (GCC) union, a Teamsters union subsidiary, for illegally collecting forced union dues. The employees filed the charges with the National Labor Relations Board (NRLB) on behalf […]
Erie, PA (January 17, 2006) – Ending an illegal union harassment scheme intended to stifle dissent, three employees at The Electric Materials Company (TEMCO) won a settlement against the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE) union obligating union officials to honor as continuing one-time objections to compulsory union dues spent for politics […]
Dayton, OH (January 9, 2006) – With free legal assistance from National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation attorneys, a United Parcel Service (UPS) employee has filed federal charges against a Teamsters local for violating the constitutional rights of workers who have refrained from formal union membership. Rick Ford filed the charges with the National […]
In Pattern Makers v. NLRB, 473 U.S. 95 (1985), the United States Supreme Court held that union members have the right to resign their union membership at any time.
Of course, the decision to resign is wholly yours. If the contract between your employer and the union contains no provision requiring you to join the union or pay union fees, after resigning you would have no obligations whatsoever to the union. If the contract does contain such a provision, as a nonmember you would have the right to limit your union fees to your share of the costs of collective bargaining, contract administration, and grievance adjustment, and you also would not be subject to union rules and discipline. For example, nonmembers are not subject to union rules against working during a strike. If you are a union member, and you work during a strike, the union could potentially fine you and collect that fine in state court.
St. Louis, Missouri (December 7, 2005) – The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has agreed to prosecute the Miscellaneous Drivers, Helpers, Health Care & Public Employees Union Local 610 for illegally threatening the jobs of two Amerigas Eagle Propane (Amerigas) employees at the company’s Hazelwood facility. Local 610 union officials unlawfully threatened to have the […]
