Stanford Hospital Nurse Hits Union with Federal Charges

STANFORD, Calif. (June 28, 2001) — A Stanford Hospital nurse today filed federal charges against a local nursing union after its officials illegally demanded that she pay a fine for refusing to abandon critically ill patients during a recent strike. With the help of National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation attorneys, Barbara Williams, a […]

150 Fired Berry Pickers Sue United Farm Workers Union

Oxnard, Calif. (June 28, 2001) — 150 berry pickers who were illegally fired by the Coastal Berry Company at the demand of United Farm Worker (UFW) union officials filed state unfair labor practice charges today against the union and their former employer. The workers were fired for exercising their right not to subsidize union political […]

Health Center Employees Hit Teamsters Union with Federal Charges

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (June 27, 2001) — A dozen hospital employees at Youngstown’s St. Elizabeth Health Center today filed federal charges against officials of the Teamsters Local 377 union for refusing to accept their resignations and for failing to properly notify them of their right to pay less than full union dues. The employees filed the […]

Health Center Employees Hit Teamsters Union with Federal Charges

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (June 27, 2001) — A dozen hospital employees at Youngstown’s St. Elizabeth Health Center today filed federal charges against officials of the Teamsters Local 377 union for refusing to accept their resignations and for failing to properly notify them of their right to pay less than full union dues. The employees filed the […]

Culligan Worker Sues Teamsters Union for Threatening to Have Him Fired

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (June 11, 2001) — With assistance from a national legal aid foundation, a Culligan Water Conditioning employee today filed federal charges against the Saint Louis-based Teamsters Local 610. The union’s officials have been illegally attempting to have the worker fired from his job for withholding union dues spent on politics and other […]

Culligan Worker Sues Teamsters Union for Threatening to Have Him Fired

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (June 11, 2001) — With assistance from a national legal aid foundation, a Culligan Water Conditioning employee today filed federal charges against the Saint Louis-based Teamsters Local 610. The union’s officials have been illegally attempting to have the worker fired from his job for withholding union dues spent on politics and other […]

Unions Oppose Employees’ Right to Know, File Federal Suit Against Bush Executive Order

Washington, D.C. (June 5, 2001) — Ironically complaining that President George W. Bush’s executive order imposes “substantial administrative burdens” on businesses, three unions and a federally funded union-established corporation filed suit against the Bush Administration.  The suit seeks to prevent unionized employees of federal contractors from learning about their rights to be nonmembers and reclaim […]

Unions Oppose Employees’ Right to Know, File Federal Suit Against Bush Executive Order

Washington, D.C. (June 5, 2001) — Ironically complaining that President George W. Bush’s executive order imposes “substantial administrative burdens” on businesses, three unions and a federally funded union-established corporation filed suit against the Bush Administration.  The suit seeks to prevent unionized employees of federal contractors from learning about their rights to be nonmembers and reclaim […]

71,000 Communications Workers Are Notified They May Reclaim Millions in Illegally Seized Union Dues

WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 30, 2001) — The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation announced that approximately 71,000 communications workers are today being offered an opportunity to reclaim approximately $70 million in forced union dues illegally seized over nine years by the Communications Workers of America (CWA) union for politics. The U.S. District Court for […]

71,000 Communications Workers Are Notified They May Reclaim Millions in Illegally Seized Union Dues

WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 30, 2001) — The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation announced that approximately 71,000 communications workers are today being offered an opportunity to reclaim approximately $70 million in forced union dues illegally seized over nine years by the Communications Workers of America (CWA) union for politics. The U.S. District Court for […]