Hospital Employees Fight Forced Unionization by Bureaucrat Fiat

Workers were forced under SEIU’s ‘representation’ despite overwhelming opposition WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) unanimously overturned a Regional Director’s decision that forced Pennsylvania hospital employees under the so-called “representation” of union bosses, even though the workers opposed the union and had rejected an SEIU organizing drive.

Disneyland Technician Hits Union and Disney with Federal Charges for Illegally Seizing Union Fees

Union officials collected thousands in forced fees ignoring U.S. Supreme Court mandates LOS ANGELES, CA (July 25, 2019) – A Disneyland stage technician has filed federal unfair labor practice charges against the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) Local 504 union and Walt Disney Parks & Resorts for demanding and seizing union fees from his paycheck in violation of his legal rights.

Ohio Public Employee Files Appeal in Class-Action Lawsuit Seeking Return of Forced Union Fees Seized in Violation of First Amendment

Lawsuit seeks refunds of forced union fees seized from nonmembers by AFSCME union bosses before Supreme Court’s Janus v. AFSCME decision COLUMBUS, OHIO (July 25, 2019) Today, National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation staff attorneys filed an appeal in the class-action lawsuit against an Ohio affiliate of the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) union brought by Ohio Department of Taxation employee Nathaniel Ogle.

California Teacher Union Bosses Back Down, Settle Lawsuit Filed by Community College Professor for First Amendment Janus Violations

Union officials to issue refunds, drop policy blocking professors from exercising First Amendment right to stop subsidizing union activities LOS ANGELES, CA (July 24, 2019) – A math professor from the Ventura County Community College District (VCCCD) has just finalized a settlement with American Federation of Teachers (AFT) union officials in his class-action lawsuit to enforce the 2018 Janus v. AFSCME U.S. Supreme Court decision. The lawsuit was filed for the professor in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California with free legal aid from the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation.

California Homecare Providers File Class Action Lawsuit Challenging Union ‘Escape Period’ Scheme Used to Unlawfully Seize Dues

Union officials violate providers’ First Amendment and statutory rights by refusing to halt deductions of union dues from Medicaid payments SACRAMENTO, CA – California homecare providers who receive Medicaid payments for serving disabled individuals have filed a class-action lawsuit with free legal aid from attorneys provided by the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation staff and Washington-based Freedom Foundation. They charge union officials with violating their legal rights by unlawfully restricting them from stopping payment of union dues and fees, as is their right under the U.S. Supreme Court’s Harris and Janus decisions and the Medicaid statute.

NLRB General Counsel Rules for Workers in Cases Challenging Coercive Union Practices

Union officials to be held accountable for illegally forcing workers to sign misleading payroll deduction forms and intimidating workers seeking to oust union WASHINGTON, DC - Today the National Right to Work Foundation announced victories in three cases filed by Foundation staff attorneys for workers whose rights were violated by union officials who enforced mandatory dues checkoff authorizations that violate the workers’ rights and harassed workers who sought to oust the union.

Paramedic Levies Charges Against Teamsters, Medic One for Illegal Threats, Discipline and Dues Demands

Teamster union agents also charged with destroying employee’s postings about workers’ rights before union officials moved to have him fired ST. LOUIS, MO - A St. Louis-area paramedic is mounting a federal unfair labor practice charge against the Teamsters Local 610 union for multiple violations of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). The violations charged include blocking his right to resign from union membership and demanding punishment by his employer because he attempted to inform coworkers of their rights.

ESPN Cameraman Hits CWA Union Officials with Federal Charges for Illegally Demanding Nearly $10,000 in Union Fees

NABET-CWA union bosses failed to provide legally mandated breakdown of fees, while demanding cameraman pay up or be fired PORLAND, OR - An Oregon-based ESPN employee has just filed an unfair labor practice charge against the National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians (NABET-CWA) union, asserting that union officials illegally threatened to terminate him unless he pays thousands of dollars in union fees.

New York Stop & Shop Employee Hits UFCW with Federal Charges Following Repeated Attempts to Misinform Him About Rights

Employee one of numerous Northeastern United States workers whose rights have been infringed by food service industry union NEW YORK, NY - A former employee of the Stop & Shop supermarket branch in New Hyde Park, NY, has filed an unfair labor practice charge against United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 464A union, reporting that officials falsely told him that he could only resign from union membership by quitting his job.

Massachusetts Educators Ask US Supreme Court to Review State Law Conditioning Workplace Rights on Funding Union Politics

State law lets unions block workers from a say in workplace matters unless they waive their First Amendment rights and fund union political activities WASHINGTON, DC - Today, staff attorneys for the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation are submitting a Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the US Supreme Court to hear Branch v. Commonwealth Employment Relations Board, in which four Massachusetts educators are challenging the application of the state’s monopoly bargaining law for its educational system.