Employee Advocate Reacts to AFL-CIO’s Pledge to Spend “Unprecedented” Sum on Politics in 2006

San Diego, CA (February 28, 2006) – The following is a statement of Mark Mix, President of the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, in response to AFL-CIO chief John Sweeney’s announcement that the labor conglomerate will spend an “unprecedented” $40 million to influence the 2006 mid-term elections. “It’s disappointing to learn that the […]

Employee Advocate Urges Attorney General Spitzer Not to Allow Amnesty to TWU Union Officials for Illegal Strike

New York, N.Y. (December 23, 2005) – The National Right to Work Foundation, a non-profit charitable organization that provides free legal aid to employees suffering from compulsory unionism abuses, called on New York Attorney General Elliot Spitzer today not to heed union officials’ calls for amnesty as part of the final settlement after those officials […]

TSA Bureaucrats Reverse Bush Administration Policy On National Security Implications Of Airport Screener Unionization

Washington, DC (August 17, 2005) – National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation President Mark Mix today wrote to President Bush expressing “deep concern” over the bureaucratic reversal of Administration policy regarding the forced unionization of airport screeners under Department of Homeland Security and Transportation Security Administration (TSA) oversight. Until recent days, the Bush Administration […]

Federal Appeals Court Upholds Authority of Secretary of Labor to Strengthen Union Financial Disclosure Laws

Washington, D.C. (June 1, 2005) — A three-member panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit yesterday unanimously upheld the authority of the Department of Labor to heighten federal union financial disclosure requirements. Agreeing with arguments made in an amicus curiae brief filed by National Right to Work Foundation attorneys, […]

Majority Leader DeLay’s Accusers Ignored Federal “Conflict of Interest” Disclosure Rules

Washington, DC (April 13, 2005) ¯ The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation’s president today filed a request with the Department of Labor (DOL) asking the agency to investigate and prosecute a top AFL-CIO official for violating a federal disclosure law intended to reveal potential conflicts of interest by union officials. Foundation attorneys have […]

Investigation Sought Into Apparent Collusion of Boston-Based Federal Labor Bureaucrats and Union Officials

Boston, Mass. (August 20, 2004) – The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation today formally requested an investigation into apparent collusion between Rosemary Pye, the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) Region One Director, and officials of the United Auto Workers (UAW) union. At the same time, Foundation staff attorneys helped employees at the St. […]