Teamsters Officials Back Down After Being Hit with Charges Brought by UPS Worker Who Was Falsely Told He Must Join Union or Be Fired

To avoid prosecution, Teamsters agree to inform workers of their legal rights & correct false statements claiming membership was mandatory QUEENS, NY – Teamsters union officials at a UPS warehouse in Queens, New York, settled charges brought by Kamil Fraczek, an employee who was misled by union officials about his legal rights.

Puerto Rico Workers Ask Court to Stop Union Officials’ Illegal Dues Cover-up

Union bosses threaten healthcare unless employees ‘authorize’ years of improperly seized dues SAN JUAN, PR – Employees of the University of Puerto Rico have filed a motion for a preliminary injunction against the University of Puerto Rico Workers Union. The motion asks the court to block and reverse union officials’ efforts to bar health insurance from employees who refuse to sign away their First Amendment rights.

Del Rio, Eagle Pass Frito Lay Workers Successfully Free Themselves from Unwanted Teamster Union Bosses ‘Representation’

Labor Board decertification election confirms Teamsters lack support of majority of employees in bargaining unit DEL RIO, TX – Salesmen for Frito Lay in Del Rio and Eagle Pass, Texas have successfully removed officials of Teamsters Local 657 from their workplace.

Sheet Metal Union Bosses Back Down After Colorado Springs Metal Worker Files Federal Charges Challenging $20,000 Fine

NLRB still investigating union officials for fine issued after worker exercised right to end union membership and began working for firm outside union’s control COLORADO SPRINGS, CO - With free legal aid from National Right to Work Foundation staff attorneys, Colorado Springs metal worker Russell Chacon has forced International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail, and Transportation Workers (SMART) Local 9 union officials to abandon their illegal demands against him for tens of thousands of dollars in fines.

New Hampshire Workers’ Petition Asking Supreme Court to Hear Case Seeking Refund of Unconstitutionally Seized Union Dues is Fully Briefed

Court asked to consider two dues refund cases that divided lower court judges WASHINGTON, DC – With free legal aid from the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, New Hampshire state employees Patrick Doughty and Randy Severance filed a reply brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in their case against a union that unconstitutionally forced them to pay union dues as a condition of their employment.

Colorado Springs Metal Worker Hits Sheet Metal Union Bosses with Federal Charges for Demanding Over $20,000 in Illegal Fines

Worker slammed with unlawful demands after he exercised right to end union membership and began working for firm outside union’s control COLORADO SPRINGS, CO - A Colorado Springs metal worker has just filed a federal unfair labor practice charge against International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail, and Transportation Workers (SMART) Local 9 union officials, whom he asserts are illegally trying to fine him tens of thousands of dollars after he resigned his union membership and went to work for a contractor not under union control.

TX United Airlines Employee Asks Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Dues Scheme Forcing Workers to Pay for Union Political Expenses

Foundation attorneys argue IAM union “opt-out” requirement to escape payment for union officials’ political activities violates Supreme Court’s Janus standard WASHINGTON, DC - Today staff attorneys from the National Right to Work Foundation filed a petition for writ of certiorari in United Airlines employee Arthur Baisley’s federal class-action civil rights case, which charges International Association of Machinists (IAM) union bosses with forcing him and his coworkers by default to pay for union political expenditures in violation of the First Amendment and the Railway Labor Act (RLA).

NLRB Allows Deficient Settlement in West Virginia Kroger Employee’s Case Challenging UFCW Bosses’ Illegal Dues Cards

Biden-installed “Acting” NLRB General Counsel pushed inadequate settlement over worker’s objections WASHINGTON, DC – Region 6 of the National Labor Relations Board has approved a settlement resolving unfair labor practice charges filed against United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 400 by a worker despite the worker’s objections to the settlement’s adequacy.

Las Vegas Police Officer Counters Union, Police Department Claims in Case Challenging Unconstitutional Union Dues Deductions

Legal briefs filed for veteran officer expose specious legal arguments attempting to justify union dues seizures that violate clear Supreme Court precedent LAS VEGAS, NV – With free legal aid from National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation staff attorneys, Las Vegas police officer Melodie DePierro has filed response briefs in her case seeking to vindicate her First Amendment right to abstain from union membership and financial support.

Documents Reveal NLRB Staff Celebrated Biden’s Unprecedented Attack on Agency’s Independence, Installation of Union Partisan

Emails obtained through Freedom of Information Act request show NLRB staff praising Biden’s controversial firings and “Acting General Counsel” appointment Newly released emails show National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) staff celebrating President Biden’s controversial, unprecedented and possibly illegal firing of NLRB General Counsel Peter Robb.