Full Foundation Action September/October 2022 Newsletter Now Online

All articles from the September/October issue of Foundation Action are now on the website.

Forced Dues For Politics: CWA Union Hit with Federal Charge by Pennsylvania Metal Worker

CWA officials defied decades of law by rejecting worker’s resignationGALETON, PA – An employee of metal corporation Catalus hit a Communications Workers of America (CWA) union local this May with federal charges for illegally seizing full union dues from his paycheck, including dues for politics. Curtis Coates, a metal worker for Catalus, is receiving free legal aid from the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation.

Special Notice for Employees of Sysco Foods Facilities

Media reports indicate that Teamsters union officials have ordered strikes against multiple Sysco Foods facilities across the country, and may still order strikes and walkoffs at additional plants. This situation raises serious concerns for Sysco Foods employees who believe there is much to lose from a union boss-ordered strike and who want to continue doing […]

Special Notice for Nurses in the Twin Cities and Twin Ports

The Minnesota Nurses Association has scheduled a three-day strike to begin on September 12 at 16 hospitals located in the Twin Cities, Duluth, Moose Lake, and Superior, Wisconsin. Reportedly, the strike will affect up to 15,000 nurses. The list of reportedly affected hospitals is below. While the threatened strike has not yet occurred, the situation […]

General Motors Worker Forces UAW Bosses to Stop Seizing Dues for Politics

Illegal seizures came after multi-billion-dollar Big Labor political spending ROCHESTER, NY – Even after a sweeping federal corruption probe that has resulted in jail sentences for at least 12 union executives, it seems some United Auto Workers (UAW) officials haven’t learned their lesson regarding misuse of worker funds.

Southern IL Aluminum Worker Slams IBEW Union with New Federal Charges After Illegal Termination Threat

IBEW union officials threatened to fire worker for failure to pay union fees, even though union contract is invalid MURPHYSBORO, IL - Penn Aluminum International employee Mary Beck has filed new federal charges against the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 702 union, stating that union officials threatened to get her fired for failure to pay union fees demanded under a defective contract.

Freight Company Worker Wins More Than $10,500 for Being Illegally Fired for Not Joining Teamsters Union

Freight Company Worker Wins More Than $10,500 for Being Illegally Fired for Not Joining Teamsters Union Jackson, MN – Jannie Potgieter, who was a freight employee at industrial park USF Holland in Jackson, Minnesota, filed federal charges against the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 120 union and his employer in May for illegally terminating him for exercising his right not be a union member.

IAM Union Quickly Folds in Boeing Technician’s Lawsuit over Unlawful Dues Deductions, Union Must Return Dues

Union bosses used other union locals’ financial data to ‘calculate’ higher forced dues amount than longstanding law allows SEATTLE, WA - A technician at Boeing’s Auburn, WA, facility has won a settlement requiring International Association of Machinists (IAM) union officials to return dues money seized from his wages in violation of his rights under Supreme Court precedent. He received free legal aid from the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation.

Full Foundation Action May/June 2022 Newsletter Now Online

All articles from the May/June issue of Foundation Action are available on the website.

Southern IL Aluminum Worker Slams IBEW Union with Federal Charge for Illegally Seizing Dues for Politics

Union officials had police bureau rescind benefit after employees exercised their First Amendment right to abstain from formal union membership & dues MURPHYSBORO, IL - Penn Aluminum International employee Mary Beck has filed a federal charge against International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 702 after union officials unlawfully seized money from her wages without her consent and without proving that a contract mandating such deductions is even in effect.