Appeals Court Hears First Amendment Challenge to Massachusetts Homecare Unionization Scheme

Lawsuit was filed by nonunion care providers who are forced to accept union bargaining over their caregiving practices Boston, MA (January 5, 2016) – Today, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit will hear a lawsuit brought by Kathleen D’Agostino and eight other caregivers challenging a law that requires all Massachusetts family […]

Worker Advocate: Seattle Scheme to Impose Mandatory Union Dues on Uber, Lyft Drivers an Outrageous Violation of Drivers’ Rights

The NRTW Foundation issues Special Legal Notice to Seattle-based Independent Drivers who may soon be required to pay union dues or fees to work with ridesharing companies Springfield, VA (December 14, 2015) – The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation has issued this special legal notice to all Seattle-area independent, for-hire drivers, alerting them to an […]

Federal Judge Denies Attempt to Force Union Back Into Chicago Workplace

NLRB and union lawyers sought to nullify workers’ decision to get rid of unwanted union Chicago, IL (December 3, 2015) – United States District Court Judge Amy J. St. Eve has just denied a petition by the Obama National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and United Steelworkers (USW) union lawyers to force the USW back into […]

Michigan Rite Aid Pharmacist Illegally Threatened, Coerced into Joining United Food & Commercial Workers Union

Threatened with employment termination for not joining union, Michigan worker files federal charges against union to protect her rights Constantine, Michigan (November 30, 2015) – A pharmacist from Michigan has filed, with free legal assistance from National Right to Work Foundation staff attorneys, unfair labor practice charges with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) against […]

Nonunion Yale University Library Employees Hit Union Officials with Federal Charges for Forced Dues Violations

UNITE-HERE officials refusing to comply with Supreme Court protections for nonunion employees wanting to refrain subsidizing union politics New Haven, CT (November 20, 2015) – With free legal assistance from National Right to Work Foundation staff attorneys, two Yale University employees have filed unfair labor practice charges with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) against […]

Workers Testify at Federal Hearing Against NLRB Scheme to Force Them Into Unwanted Union They Ousted

Federal judge to hear from workers opposed to an NLRB scheme to impose a union the workers have already kicked out of their workplace Chicago, IL (November 12, 2015) – Workers from Franklin Park-based Arlington Metals Corporation are testifying today at a hearing in opposition to National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Region 13’s scheme to […]

Teacher Hits Union Bosses and Employer with Charges for Illegal Forced Dues Demands in Violation of Michigan Right to Work Law

National Right to Work Foundation staff attorneys file charges to defend and enforce Michigan’s law protecting public employees from mandatory union dues and fees Clarkston, Michigan (November 11, 2015) – A computer science teacher in Clarkston, Michigan has filed, with free legal assistance from National Right to Work Foundation staff attorneys, unfair labor practice charges […]

Illinois Homecare Providers File Constitutional Challenge to State-Imposed SEIU Monopoly ‘Representation’

Illinois law that imposes union bargaining on nonunion care providers violates their First Amendment rights Chicago, IL (November 10, 2015) – With free legal assistance from the National Right to Work Foundation and the Illinois-based Liberty Justice Center, six personal care and childcare providers have filed a lawsuit against the State of Illinois and the […]

SEIU Union Bosses Illegally Threaten to Have Workers Fired for Refusing Full Union Membership

Workers file federal unfair labor practice charges against SEIU local for illegal coercion into joining union to stave off illegal termination threat Rochester, NY (November 5, 2015) – Four workers in upstate New York have filed federal unfair labor practice charges against SEIU Local 200 union and their employer after they were wrongfully told that […]

National Right to Work Foundation Issues Statement on UAW’s Push for Union Election at VW Plant

UAW union bosses have filed a petition with the NLRB requesting a union certification election for a group of maintenance workers in Chattanooga Chattanooga, TN (October 27, 2015) – On October 23, the United Auto Workers union filed for a union certification election at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga, Tennessee, plant for a group of maintenance employees. In […]