National Employee Freedom Week: Time to Build on Janus by Ending Injustice of Forced Union Monopoly ‘Representation’

Foundation’s 2018 Supreme Court victory protects public workers’ right not to fund union they oppose, but union officials can still ‘speak for’ dissident workers

NLRB Certifies Mankato Mayo Clinic Nurses’ Vote to Oust MNA Union Officials, Rejects Union Boss Attempt to Overturn Vote

Nurses now free of both unwanted union monopoly ‘representation’ and forced union fee demands MANKATO, MN - Mayo Clinic nurses’ vote to oust unwanted Minnesota Nurses Association (MNA) union officials from their workplace has been certified by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), in a decision that also rejected two union objections to the election.

King Soopers Workers Successfully Challenge Illegal UFCW Union Strike Fines with National Right to Work Legal Aid

UFCW union bosses begin dropping illegal fines against workers, but union still faces investigation on federal charges Denver, CO – Grocery store workers at King Soopers are continuing to battle, and win, against the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 7 union officials’ illegal attempts to fine workers for exercising their right to work during a January UFCW strike action.

Foundation Op-Eds Highlight the Injustices of Forced Unionism

In a Washington Examiner op-ed published June 24, 2022 (“Biden’s NLRB serves union officials, not workers”), Foundation President Mark Mix offered up the plight of a group of brick makers of Indiana as an example of how the NLRB’s policies destroy worker free choice in the name of “stability” for union bosses: The employees at […]

WIN: Factory Workers Secure $12K in Legal Challenge to Discrimination by Union and Employer against Non-Union Employees

Company and IAM officials cut blatantly illegal deal to deny 12 non-union members $1,000 bonuses because they oppose union affiliation Ridgway, PA – A dozen non-union factory employees at Clarion Sintered Metals, Inc., have each received $1,000 in back pay bonuses after being discriminated against by International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) Local 2448 and Clarion Sintered Metals. James Cobaugh, a factory employee at Clarion Sintered Metals, Inc., had filed federal charges against Clarion and IAM as he sought justice for himself and other nonmember workers subject to unlawful discrimination. Mr. Cobaugh received free legal aid from the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation.

Flight Attendant’s Legal Victory Over Illegal Union-Instigated Firing Exposes Union Boss Targeting of Dissenting Employees

Trial documents show union activist advocating ‘targeted assassinations’ of union critics, Southwest senior management referring to nonmember as ‘cancer’ DALLAS, TX - During former Southwest Airlines flight attendant Charlene Carter’s recently-concluded federal trial over her illegal firing at the hands of Southwest and Transport Workers Union of America (TWU), disturbing details emerged about the union’s treatment of employees who object to the union’s agenda.

St. James Mayo Clinic Nurses Overwhelmingly Vote to Remove AFSCME Union; Certified by Labor Board

Certification of result follows similar vote by hundreds of nurses at Mankato Mayo Clinic location to remove Minnesota Nurses Association union St. James, MN – Healthcare workers at the Mayo Clinic Health System in St. James, Minnesota have formally removed the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Council 65 from their hospital.

Minneapolis Metalworkers Win After Year-And-a-Half-Long Effort to Vote Out Unpopular CWA Union Bosses

Union ousted in employee-requested election despite its efforts to manipulate allegations against employer to stop vote Minneapolis, MN – After a year-and-a-half-long legal battle, Minneapolis metalworker Roger Downing and his coworkers at Minneapolis Washer and Stamping have successfully voted unpopular Communications Workers of America (IUE-CWA) Local 1140 union officials out of their facility.

Third King Soopers Employee Hits UFCW Union Officials with Federal Charge for Illegal Strike Fine

Following union boss-ordered January strike, nonmember workers now face thousands in ‘internal union fines’ in violation of longstanding federal law Denver, CO – Another King Soopers grocery worker has filed federal charges against the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 7 union in response to union officials illegally threatening to fine the worker, who chose to exercise her right to work during a strike.

Maine Medical Center Nurses Secure Vote to Remove Unwanted Maine State Nurses Association Union Officials’ ‘Representation’

More than 500 workers petitioned for union “decertification election” seeking a vote as soon as allowed following imposition of unwanted union PORTLAND, ME -Maine Medical Center nurses will soon vote in an election that could send Maine State Nurses Association (MSNA-NNU, an affiliate of National Nurses United) union officials packing from the hospital. This follows Nurse Davin Brooks’ submission of a petition containing signatures of more than 500 of his colleagues.