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01/07/08	Oostburg, WI	Employees Hit Union with Federal Charges After Being Slapped with $120,000 in Illegal Retaliatory Fines
12/11/07	Pensacola, FL	Floridian Spurs Elimination of National Union Policy Requiring Annual Objections to Forced Dues for Politics
11/20/07	Springfield, VA	Worker Advocate Praises U.S. Supreme Court Review of Ninth Circuit Ruling Endorsing Coercive Union Organizing
11/16/07		November/December Foundation Action
11/02/07	Batavia, IL	Transit Union Slapped With Federal Labor Charges for Muscling Back into a Facility After Employees' Revolt Forced it Out
10/31/07	Pomona, CA	Union Officials at Pomona Valley Hospital Illegally Threaten Non-striking Nurses with Arrest, Jail, and Fines
10/29/07	Butte, MT	Hanson Trucking Driver Hits Butte-Based Teamsters Union with Federal Charges for Illegal Threats to Job
10/17/07	Springfield, VA	National Right to Work Foundation Adds Experienced Virginia Attorney to Expert Legal Staff
10/11/07	Hollywood, CA	Hollywood Union Hit with Federal Charge After Union Officials Threaten Musicians With Arrests
10/10/07	Butte, MT	Safeway Employees Win Settlement Against Union After Illegal Threats and Dues Seizures
10/02/07	Washington, D.C.	National Right to Work Secures New Rights for Employees to Protect Against Abusive Union “Card Check” Organizing
10/02/07	Pensacola, FL	Federal Labor Board to Prosecute Union for Requiring Annual Objections to Forced Union Dues for Politics
09/19/07	Philadelphia, PA	Court Permission Sought to Alert More Than 12,000 Workers that Union Organizers Illegally Obtained Personal DMV Records
09/17/07		September/October 2007 Foundation Action
09/05/07	Corpus Christi, TX	Another Corpus Christi Security Guard Files Charges After Illegal ‘Pay Union Dues or Be Fired’ Threat
09/05/07	Landover, MD	Federal Labor Board to Prosecute Union for Retaliatory Fines Against Five Former Landover Giant Foods Employees
08/31/07	Springfield, VA	Leading Union Watchdogs Available for Interviews On and Around Labor Day 2007
08/29/07	Springfield, VA	Foundation Vice President Stefan Gleason Reacts to Federal Election Commission Fine Against America Coming Together
08/20/07	Akron, OH	Goodyear Employees Win Settlement Against Steelworkers Union for Illegal Retaliatory Strike Fines and Intimidation
08/14/07	Los Angeles, CA	Teamsters Union Must Abandon Over $100,000 in Illegal Fines Levied Against Workers During California Grocery Strike
08/14/07	Gulfport, MS	Island View Casino Employees Seek Federal Injunction to Block Coercive “Card Check” Unionization Drive
08/08/07	Aberdeen, MD	Foundation Forces Union Officials to Abandon Their Illegal Scheme to Coerce Engineers into Union Ranks
08/07/07	San Diego, CA	16 Year-Old Girl Hits Union Officials with Federal Charges After Illegal Threats Against Her Albertsons Job
08/06/07		Federal Board to Prosecute Butte-Based Union for Illegal Threats and Dues Seizures at Local Safeway
08/01/07	Corpus Christi, TX	Security Guard Forces Employer to Settle After Unlawfully Threatening Firings for Refusal to Pay Union Dues
07/24/07	Corpus Christi & El Paso, TX	Employee Rights Group Reacts to Attorney General Abbott’s Long-sought Legal Action to Enforce Texas’ Right to Work Law
07/24/07	Hartford, CT	Federal Labor Board Rejects Colt Firearms Worker’s Request to Decide Four Year-Old Case
07/09/07	Los Angeles, CA	Staunch Employee Opposition Forces Union out of Multiple Kaiser Permanente Facilities Across Southern California
07/09/07	Corpus Christi, TX	Federal Labor Board to Prosecute Union for Threatening to Have Security Guards Fired for Refusal to Pay Union Dues
07/03/07	Chicago, IL	Treasure Island Foods Employees Vote to Kick Unpopular Union Out of All Six Chicago-Area Stores
06/28/07	San Francisco, CA	Federal Judge Tosses Out Union Lawyers’ Frivolous Suit to Block SFO Security Screeners’ Election to Rid Workplace of Forced Union Dues
06/28/07	El Paso, TX	Employee Rights Group Wins Security Guard’s Reinstatement After Year-Long Suspension for Refusal to Pay Union Dues
06/22/07	Columbus, OH	Court Strikes Down Ohio Law Forcing Public Employees to Pay Union Dues Unless They Join Certain Religions
06/21/07	Springfield, VA	Employee Rights Advocate Urges Attorney General to Prosecute Pattern of Apparent Union Fraud and Violations of Texas Right to Work Law
06/18/07	El Paso, TX	Federal Labor Board Finds Union Officials Guilty of Forcing Firing of Security Guard Who Didn’t Pay Dues
06/14/07	Washington, DC	U.S. Supreme Court Rules in National Right to Work Foundation’s Case: Union Officials Have No Constitutional Right to Spend Employees’ Forced Dues for Politics
06/06/07	Harrisburg, PA	Federal Court Enjoins Illegal Union Dues Seizures from Pennsylvania Turnpike Employees
06/05/07	Akron, OH	Steelworkers Union Faces Prosecution for Illegal Retaliatory Strike Fines And Intimidation of Goodyear Employees
06/01/07	San Francisco, CA	SEIU Union Lawyers File Desperate Federal Lawsuit to Block SFO Screeners’ Election to Rid Workplace of Forced Union Dues
05/30/07	Chicago, IL	Over 300 Treasure Island Foods Employees Finally Allowed a Vote on Ousting Unpopular Union
05/14/07	San Francisco, CA	Over 900 SFO Airport Security Screeners to Vote Whether to Eliminate Compulsory Union Dues from Workplace
05/10/07	Landover, MD	13 Former Giant Foods Employees Hit Union with Federal Charges for Unlawful Retaliatory Fines
05/03/07	Washington, DC	Federal Labor Board to Prosecute Union for Illegal Firing of Catholic University Grounds Keeper
05/02/07	Pleasanton, CA	Acura Employees Hit Union with Federal Charges for Threatening Firings for Refusal to Pay Fines
05/01/07	Honolulu, HI	Hilton Employee Hits Recalcitrant Union with Federal Charges for Continued Misuse of Forced Union Dues
04/25/07	Butte, MT	Safeway Employee Hits Butte-Based UFCW Union with Federal Charges for Illegal Threats and Dues Seizures
04/05/07	Atlanta, GA	Union Officials Forced to Drop $5,000 Retaliatory Fines Against Employees Doing Nonunion Work
04/03/07	Corpus Christi, TX	Security Guard Hits Union with Federal Charges for Threatening Jobs for Refraining from Union Membership
03/30/07	Atlantic City, NJ	Statement on Congressman Andrews' Interference in Trump Plaza Hotel Union Election
03/30/07	Atlantic City, NJ	Federal Labor Board Asked to Block Trump Plaza Election, Ethics Investigation Sought into Rep. Andrews’ Tampering with Union Vote
03/26/07	Cleveland, OH	Machinist Union Hit with Multiple Federal Charges for Retaliating Against Employees Who Inquired about their Rights
03/22/07	Pittsburgh/Harrisburg, PA	26 Turnpike Employees Hit Teamsters Union with Two Civil Rights Lawsuits for Illegal Union Dues Seizures
02/21/07	Ventura, CA	California Labor Board Orders UFW to Stop Trying to Get Workers Fired for Refusal to Pay Full Union Dues
02/21/07	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta Construction Workers Hit Union with Federal Charges After Being Slapped with $5,000 Retaliatory Fines for Nonunion Work
02/08/07	Washington, DC	Union-Abused Employees Give Testimony to Congress Against Coercive “Card Check” Organizing Scheme
02/06/07	Toledo, OH	Federal Labor Board to Prosecute UAW Union for Bullying Nurses Seeking to Vote Out Unwanted Union
02/05/07	El Paso, TX	Federal Labor Board to Prosecute Union for Retaliation Against Security Guard for Asserting Legal Rights
01/31/07	Hartford, CT	Colt Firearms Worker Asks Court to Order Federal Labor Board to Decide Another Long-Delayed Case
01/30/07	Washington, DC	Bush Labor Board Boosts Union “Corporate Campaigns,” Whitewashes Clinton-era Policy Favoring Firings of Workers Who Won’t Pay for Union Organizing
01/22/07	Columbus, OH	Teacher Challenges Constitutionality of Ohio Law Forcing Public Employees to Pay Union Dues Unless Members of State-Approved Religions
01/22/07	Washington, DC	Federal Court Orders Bush’s Labor Board to Resolve Key Employee Rights Case Delayed Since 1989
01/17/07	Fort Worth, TX	ESPN/ABC Cameraman Challenges Pervasive Entertainment Industry Practice of Forcing Union Membership on Part-Time and Freelance Contractors
01/17/07	Buckhannon, WV	SEIU and ResCare Health Giant Face Second Round of Federal Charges for Illegally Forcing Unionization on Workers throughout West Virginia
01/10/07	Washington, DC	Legal Foundation for Petitioners in First Amendment Battle Comment on Today’s Supreme Court Oral Argument
01/08/07	Washington, DC	Supreme Court Media Availability: Lead Plaintiff and Legal Counsel to Appear After Argument in Key First Amendment Battle
01/03/07	Washington, DC	Media Advisory: Lead Plaintiff and Legal Foundation in Upcoming Supreme Court First Amendment Battle Available for Interviews