RightToWork | July 23, 2012
Government Union Officials Sic Collection Agency on Unsuspecting Public Defender for Illegal Forced DuesWorker unaware of union officials' so-called representation; case shows need for state Right to Work lawAlbuquerque, NM (June 26, 2012) -- With free legal assistance from National Right to Work Foundation staff attorneys, a public defender from the Alamogordo office of the New Mexico Public…
RightToWork | July 23, 2012
Union Officials Face Lawsuit for Keeping Teacher's Charitable Donations in Union CoffersBy Will CollinsCreated 19 Jun 2012 - 2:19pmSuffolk County, NY (June 18, 2012) -- With the help of National Right to Work Foundation staff attorneys, a local teacher has filed a lawsuit in state supreme court against two unions for refusing to tell her what they did with union dues that were supposed to have…
RightToWork | July 23, 2012
In a major decision, the United States Supreme Court upheld workers' First Amendment rights and struck down a Service Employees International Union scheme aimed at spending nonunion California civil servants' hard-earned money on union politics. The Knox decision concludes a prolonged legal challenge affecting some 36,000 California state employees.   It began when eight courageous civil servants…
RightToWork | July 23, 2012
Teamster Union Faces Federal Charge For Illegally Using Forced Dues for PoliticsUnion officials violate worker's rights; case shows need for state Right to Work lawMinneapolis, MN (June 11, 2012) -- With free legal assistance from National Right to Work Foundation staff attorneys, a New Brighton Ford journeyman technician has filed a federal charge against a local Teamster union for violating his…
RightToWork | July 23, 2012
http://www.nrtw.org/en/press/2012/05/religious-fire-fighter-05212012Union Bosses Set Forest Fire Captain's Religious Rights AblazeUnion officials and state play God with firefighter's rightsSan Francisco, CA (May 21, 2012) -- A California Department of Forestry fire captain has filed a religious discrimination charge against the California Department of Forestry Firefighters (CDFF) union for…
RightToWork | April 6, 2012
MIX: Government employees' free speech on trial Supreme Court challenge strikes at the root of Big Labor's political clouthttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jan/9/government-employees-free-spee...From Ohio to Wisconsin to California, state budget battles over extravagant union privileges grabbed headlines and flooded airwaves throughout 2011. This year, however, the fight to restrain…
RightToWork | March 28, 2012
Public Employees' freedom form compelled speech safeguards were set forth by the Supreme Court in 1986 in the Hudson decision [Teachers Local No. 1 v. Hudson, 475 U.S. 292 (1986)]. These safeguards include advance reduction; that is, if an employee objects to the use of his money for purposes other than collective bargaining, the union is supposed to collect from him only the amount that the…
RightToWork | March 28, 2012
In 2005, the California State Employees Association (CSEA) union, a local affiliate of the SEIU, imposed a "special assessment" on every civil servants in its bargaining unit to pay for a campaign to defeat several California ballot initiatives. CSEA officials collected money from all employees to pay for union political activism, including those who were not union members. In 2007, a…
RightToWork | January 23, 2012
Right to Work President Mark Mix explains why President Obama's recent recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board are unconstitutional.