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12/26/06SEIU Union and ResCare Health Giant Hit With Federal Charges for Illegally Forcing Unionization on Workers
12/19/06Chicago, ILTeamsters Union Faces Federal Charges for Illegal Strike Fines Levied Against Ryerson Employees
12/15/06Springfield, VANational Right to Work Foundation Announces Addition of New Attorney to Expert Legal Staff
12/11/06Silver Spring, MDEmployees Hit Kaiser Permanente and OPEIU Union with Federal Charges for Illegally Forcing Union on Workers
11/15/06An Astounding 35 Groups Sign Briefs Supporting Washington Teachers in U.S. Supreme Court Controversy Over Union Dues
11/10/06Right to Work Attorneys Ask U.S. Supreme Court to Bar Unions From Forcing Nonunion Employees to Affirmatively Object to Stop Fun
11/10/06Charlotte, NCEmployees Considering Appeal of Cryptic Ruling Dismissing Federal Racketeering Suit Against Freightliner and UAW Union
11/06/06Tacoma, WATeamsters Union Slammed with Federal Charges for Threatening to Have Workers Fired for Resisting Formal Union Membership
10/30/06Honolulu, HITurtle Bay Resort Employee Files Federal Charges Against UNITE-HERE Union for Illegal Scheme to Seize Forced Dues for Politics
10/17/06High Point, NCThomas Built Buses Employees Appeal Ruling in Suit Against Federal Labor Board for Denial of Constitutional Rights
10/05/06Firefighters Force Union Officials to Settle Civil Rights Lawsuit by Agreeing to Refund Illegally-Seized Forced Union Dues and H
09/26/06U.S. Supreme Court Takes Up Appeal of Controversial Ruling Granting Union Officials a 'Right' to Forced Union Dues for Politics
09/25/06Detroit, MIWestern Michigan Auto Worker Hits UAW Union with Federal Religious Discrimination Lawsuit
09/22/06Albuquerque, NMAppellate Court Orders AFSCME Union Officials to Refund Dues Illegally Seized From Albuquerque City Employees
09/21/06Supreme Court Consideration of Right to Work Foundation Case Selected as Among Most High Profile by National Review
09/21/06Springfield, VAWorker Advocate Denounces 9th Circuit Ruling Upholding State Law Encouraging Coercive Union Organizing Methods
09/11/06Tampa, FLCourt Halts Union Officials’ Attempt to Undermine Florida’s Right to Work Law
09/06/06Columbus, OHFederal Court Decree Forces Union and State of Ohio to End Statewide Religious Discrimination
08/31/06Statement by Foundation President Mark Mix: "Union Officials Owe Workers an Apology This Labor Day"
08/29/06Leading Union Watchdog Group Available for Interviews On and Around Labor Day
08/24/06Washington, DCTeachers File U.S. Supreme Court Arguments Seeking Limits on Union Officials’ Access to Forced Dues
08/23/06Minneapolis, MNStage Employees Union Slapped with Federal Labor Board Charges Challenging Industry-Wide Forced Unionism Scheme
08/16/06Phoenix, AZAppellate Court Strikes Down Union Officials’ Efforts to Impose Forced Dues in Right to Work Arizona
07/31/06Toledo, OHAuto Union Hit with Federal Charges For Bullying Nurses Seeking to Remove Union
07/21/06Federal Agency Orders Union Officials to Retract Unlawful Threats Against Workers’ Jobs During 2005 Strike
07/20/06Honolulu, HIHilton Employee Wins Settlement Forcing Union Officials to Halt Unlawful Misuse of Forced Dues
07/18/06Portland, ORKaiser Permanente and SEIU Union Forced to End Illegal Tactics To Push Unwanted Union on Workers
07/13/06Washington, DCWorker Advocate Slams AFL-CIO’s “Week of Action” Protests While Do-Nothing NLRB Sits on Union Abuse Cases
07/13/06Seattle, WASafeway Employee’s Suit Forces Union Officials to End Religious Discrimination
07/12/06Phoenix, AZCourt Gives Green Light to Employees’ Federal Racketeering Lawsuit Against Union and Phone Book Company
07/07/06Lexington, KYUnion Officials Backtrack in Response to Firefighters’ Federal Lawsuit and Temporarily Halt Union Dues Seizures
07/06/06Santa Ana, CANurses Hit Union and Medical Center with Federal Charges for Violating Their Freedom to Choose Whether to Unionize
06/29/06Washington, DCFederal Labor Board Authorizes Forced Unionization of Airport Security Screeners
06/28/06Employees Call for Union Officials to End Push for Coercive “Card Check” Unionization Drive at Hartford Marriott
06/28/06Trenton, NJN.J. PERC Issues Formal Complaint Against Union for Retaliation Against State Employee
06/27/06Washington, DCFox 5-TV Producer Hits Union with Federal Charges for Coercion and Threats Against Job
06/26/06Union officials should have given back money
06/23/06Los Angeles, CAEmployee Rights Advocate Wins $175,000 Settlement for University of California Workers Statewide
06/23/06Union tactics don't give workers a choice (Detroit News)
06/22/06Lexington, KYFirefighters Hit Union and Top City Officials with Federal Lawsuit to Halt Violations of their Constitutional Rights
06/20/06Columbus, OHEEOC Cites Government Employee Union for Illegal Retaliation Against Worker Exercising Religious Freedom
06/16/06United Airlines Pilots Hit ALPA Union with Class-Action Lawsuit for Stock Sales Discrimination
06/14/06Washington, DCTeachers File U.S. Supreme Court Appeal of Ruling Granting Union Officials Right to Nonmembers’ Dues
06/13/06No Fairness in Coercion (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
06/06/06Suit Forces WFSE Union To Backtrack, Though State’s Forced Unionism Law May Still Allow Union Officials To Order Employee Firing
06/05/06Los Angeles, CATeamsters Union Forfeits Over $100,000 in Illegal Fines Levied Against Workers After 2003 Statewide Grocery Strike
06/02/06Washington, DCNational Labor Relations Board Faces Suit for 17 Year Delay in Resolving Employee Rights Case
06/02/06Detroit, MIHealth Care Worker Files Federal Charges To Block Union Termination Demands for Refusing To Pay Union Dues
05/16/06Cincinnati, OHJudge Issues Temporary Restraining Order Blocking Forced Union Dues Seizures from Nonunion Cincinnati Firefighters
05/11/06<i>National Review</i>: Union Bosses 1, Workers 0: Union officials sweep janitors’ rights away
05/04/06Seattle, WASafeway Employee Hits Union with Federal Civil Rights Lawsuit for Religious Discrimination
05/01/06Decatur, ALMachinists Union Hit with Charges for Illegal Retaliatory Fines Against Boeing Employees
04/27/06Charlotte, NCFreightliner Faces Federal Prosecution for Retaliation Against Employee Who Questioned Special Treatment of Union Reps
04/21/06Toledo, OHSt. Vincent Nurses Slap Automotive Union with Federal Charges, Seek to Throw Out Union
04/21/06Visalia, CAState Labor Board Prosecutes Union for Bullying Workers at California Mushroom
04/18/06Cape Canaveral, FLBoeing Launch Complex Employees Hit Machinists Union with Wave of Federal Charges for Unlawful Threats
04/13/06Olympia, WAWFSE Union Officials Refuse to Refund $10 Million in Union Dues Seized from State Employees Through Illegal Demands
04/07/06Annandale, VAGrocery Union Hit with Charges for Violating Employees’ Right to Work Protections
04/06/06High Point, NCThomas Built Buses Employees Sue Federal Labor Board for Denial of Constitutional Rights
03/29/06Olympia, WAWFSE Union Officials Forced to Admit Wrongdoing in Ordering State Workers Fired for Refusal to Pay Dues
03/28/06Boston, MAJudge Certifies Saint-Gobain Employees’ Election to Throw Out UAW Union
03/16/06Teachers to Appeal Today’s Washington State Supreme Court Ruling Striking Down Campaign Finance Law
03/15/06Washington Workers File Statewide Civil Rights Lawsuit Against State Employee Union For Unlawful Firings
03/14/06Washington Employees to Announce Statewide Class-Action Civil Rights Lawsuit Against Union for Having them Fired for Refusal to
03/03/06BellSouth, Union Ordered to Stop Forcing Workers to Wear Union Logos as Job Condition
02/28/06Employee Advocate Reacts to AFL-CIO’s Pledge to Spend “Unprecedented” Sum on Politics in 2006
02/24/06Facing Embarrassing Loss in Employee Election to Throw Out Union, SEIU Officials Abandon Head Start
02/07/06Labor Board Strikes Down Teamsters’ Discipline, Dues Collections, and Threats Against UPS Workers Who Worked During 1997 Strike
02/03/06Teacher Union Lawyers Lose Last-Ditch Effort to Block Full Investigation over Use of Union Dues for Politics
01/31/06Charlotte-Area Autoworker Files Federal Charges After Facing Retaliation for Questioning Special Treatment for Union Reps
01/31/06Printpack Employees Hit Union with Federal Charges for Illegal Union Dues Seizures
01/27/06Federal Charges Force Union Officials to Respect City Employee's Religious Beliefs
01/24/06Freightliner/Daimler-Chrysler and UAW Face Federal Racketeering Suit for Backroom Sweetheart Deal to Force Workers into Union Ra
01/17/06TEMCO Electrical Workers Win Settlement Challenging Union’s Seizure of Forced Dues
01/11/06VIDEO: Stefan Gleason discusses NEA Political Spending
01/09/06Teamsters Local Hit with Federal Charges for Violating UPS Workers’ Rights with Unlawful Forced Union Dues Seizures
01/03/06WSJ: <em>Why Not Liberate the American Worker</em>

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