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12/20/07Batavia, ILLaidlaw Transit Busing Employees Vote to Kick Out A Union that Won’t Go Away
12/11/07Pensacola, FLFloridian Spurs Elimination of National Union Policy Requiring Annual Objections to Forced Dues for Politics
11/20/07Worker Advocate Praises U.S. Supreme Court Review of Ninth Circuit Ruling Endorsing Coercive Union Organizing
11/02/07Batavia, ILTransit Union Slapped With Federal Labor Charges for Muscling Back into a Facility After Employees’ Revolt Forced it Out
10/31/07Pomona, CAUnion Officials at Pomona Valley Hospital Illegally Threaten Non-striking Nurses with Arrest, Jail, and Fines
10/29/07Butte, MTHanson Trucking Driver Hits Butte-Based Teamsters Union with Federal Charges for Illegal Threats to Job
10/17/07Springfield, VANational Right to Work Foundation Adds Experienced Virginia Attorney to Expert Legal Staff
10/11/07Hollywood, CAHollywood Union Hit with Federal Charge After Union Officials Threaten Musicians With Arrests
10/10/07Butte, MTSafeway Employees Win Settlement Against Union After Illegal Threats and Dues Seizures
10/02/07Washington, D.C.National Right to Work Secures New Rights for Employees to Protect Against Abusive Union “Card Check” Organizing
10/02/07Pensacola, FLFederal Labor Board to Prosecute Union for Requiring Annual Objections to Forced Union Dues for Politics
09/19/07Philadelphia, PACourt Permission Sought to Alert More Than 12,000 Workers that Union Organizers Illegally Obtained Personal DMV Records
09/11/07Springfield, VaFederal Labor Board: Employees Need Not Object Twice to Obtain Detail of How Union Officials Spend Forced Dues
09/05/07Landover, MDFederal Labor Board to Prosecute Union for Retaliatory Fines Against Five Former Landover Giant Foods Employees
09/05/07Corpus Christi, TXAnother Corpus Christi Security Guard Files Charges After Illegal ‘Pay Union Dues or Be Fired’ Threat
08/31/07Springfield, VALeading Union Watchdogs Available for Interviews On and Around Labor Day 2007
08/31/07Springfield, VaNational Worker Advocate’s Labor Day Statement:“Union Officials Owe Workers an Apology”
08/29/07Springfield, VAFoundation Vice President Stefan Gleason Reacts to Federal Election Commission Fine Against America Coming Together
08/20/07Akron, OHGoodyear Employees Win Settlement Against Steelworkers Union for Illegal Retaliatory Strike Fines and Intimidation
08/14/07Gulfport, MSIsland View Casino Employees Seek Federal Injunction to Block Coercive “Card Check” Unionization Drive
08/14/07Los Angeles, CATeamsters Union Must Abandon Over $100,000 in Illegal Fines Levied Against Workers During California Grocery Strike
08/08/07Aberdeen, MDFoundation Forces Union Officials to Abandon Their Illegal Scheme to Coerce Engineers into Union Ranks
08/07/07San Diego, CA16 Year-Old Girl Hits Union Officials with Federal Charges After Illegal Threats Against Her Albertsons Job
08/06/07Butte, MTFederal Board to Prosecute Butte-Based Union for Illegal Threats and Dues Seizures at Local Safeway
08/01/07Corpus Christi, TXSecurity Guard Forces Employer to Settle After Unlawfully Threatening Firings for Refusal to Pay Union Dues
07/24/07Hartford, CTFederal Labor Board Rejects Colt Firearms Worker’s Request to Decide Four Year-Old Case
07/24/07Corpus Christi & El Paso, TXEmployee Rights Group Reacts to Attorney General Abbott’s Long-sought Legal Action to Enforce Texas’ Right to Work Law
07/09/07Los Angeles, CAStaunch Employee Opposition Forces Union out of Multiple Kaiser Permanente Facilities Across Southern California
07/09/07Corpus Christi, TXFederal Labor Board to Prosecute Union for Threatening to Have Security Guards Fired for Refusal to Pay Union Dues
07/03/07Chicago, ILTreasure Island Foods Employees Vote to Kick Unpopular Union Out of All Six Chicago-Area Stores
06/28/07El Paso, TXEmployee Rights Group Wins Security Guard’s Reinstatement After Year-Long Suspension for Refusal to Pay Union Dues
06/28/07Federal Judge Tosses Out Union Lawyers’ Frivolous Suit to Block SFO Security Screeners’ Election to Rid Workplace of Forced Unio
06/22/07Columbus, OHCourt Strikes Down Ohio Law Forcing Public Employees to Pay Union Dues Unless They Join Certain Religions
06/21/07Employee Rights Advocate Urges Attorney General to Prosecute Pattern of Apparent Union Fraud and Violations of Texas Right to Wo
06/20/07Springfield, VaEducation Week Covers Foundation's Supreme Court Case
06/18/07El Paso, TXFederal Labor Board Finds Union Officials Guilty of Forcing Firing of Security Guard Who Didn’t Pay Dues
06/14/07U.S. Supreme Court Rules in National Right to Work Foundation’s Case: Union Officials Have No Constitutional Right to Spend Empl
06/13/07Study: A Decade of Experience Independently Confirming “Paycheck Protection” Campaign Finance Regulation is Both Bad Policy and
06/06/07Harrisburg, PAFederal Court Enjoins Illegal Union Dues Seizures from Pennsylvania Turnpike Employees
06/05/07Akron, OHSteelworkers Union Faces Prosecution for Illegal Retaliatory Strike Fines And Intimidation of Goodyear Employees
06/01/07San Francisco, CASEIU Union Lawyers File Desperate Federal Lawsuit to Block SFO Screeners’ Election to Rid Workplace of Forced Union Dues
05/30/07Chicago, ILOver 300 Treasure Island Foods Employees Finally Allowed a Vote on Ousting Unpopular Union
05/29/07New York, NYFoundation Letter to the Wall Street Journal: State's 'Paycheck Protection' Law Is Flawed
05/14/07San Francisco, CAOver 900 SFO Airport Security Screeners to Vote Whether to Eliminate Compulsory Union Dues from Workplace
05/10/07Landover, MD13 Former Giant Foods Employees Hit Union with Federal Charges for Unlawful Retaliatory Fines
05/09/07Charlotte, NCESPN/ABC Cameraman Challenges Pervasive Entertainment Industry Practice of Illegally Forcing Daily-Hires into Union Ranks
05/03/07Washington, DCFederal Labor Board to Prosecute Union for Illegal Firing of Catholic University Grounds Keeper
05/02/07Pleasanton, CAAcura Employees Hit Union with Federal Charges for Threatening Firings for Refusal to Pay Fines
05/01/07Honolulu, HIHilton Employee Hits Recalcitrant Union with Federal Charges for Continued Misuse of Forced Union Dues
04/25/07Butte, MTSafeway Employee Hits Butte-Based UFCW Union with Federal Charges for Illegal Threats and Dues Seizures
04/24/07SEIU Union Must Abandon “Card Check” Union Organizing Drives in Pacific Northwest After Finding of Rampant Abuse of Employees’ R
04/05/07Atlanta, GAUnion Officials Forced to Drop $5,000 Retaliatory Fines Against Employees Doing Nonunion Work
04/03/07Corpus Christi, TXSecurity Guard Hits Union with Federal Charges for Threatening Jobs for Refraining from Union Membership
03/30/07Federal Labor Board Asked to Block Trump Plaza Election, Ethics Investigation Sought into Rep. Andrews’ Tampering with Union Vot
03/30/07Atlantic City, NJStatement on Congressman Andrews' Interference in Trump Plaza Hotel Union Election
03/26/07Cleveland, OHMachinist Union Hit with Multiple Federal Charges for Retaliating Against Employees Who Inquired about their Rights
03/22/07Pittsburgh/Harrisburg, PA26 Turnpike Employees Hit Teamsters Union with Two Civil Rights Lawsuits for Illegal Union Dues Seizures
02/21/07Atlanta, GAAtlanta Construction Workers Hit Union with Federal Charges After Being Slapped with $5,000 Retaliatory Fines for Nonunion Work
02/21/07Chicago, ILRyerson Employees Force Teamsters Union to Back Off Unlawful Retaliatory Strike Fines of Up to $1,000 per Worker
02/21/07Ventura, CACalifornia Labor Board Orders UFW to Stop Trying to Get Workers Fired for Refusal to Pay Full Union Dues
02/08/07Washington, DCUnion-Abused Employees Give Testimony to Congress Against Coercive “Card Check” Organizing Scheme
02/06/07Toledo, OHFederal Labor Board to Prosecute UAW Union for Bullying Nurses Seeking to Vote Out Unwanted Union
02/05/07El Paso, TXFederal Labor Board to Prosecute Union for Retaliation Against Security Guard for Asserting Legal Rights
01/31/07Hartford, CTColt Firearms Worker Asks Court to Order Federal Labor Board to Decide Another Long-Delayed Case
01/30/07Bush Labor Board Boosts Union “Corporate Campaigns,” Whitewashes Clinton-era Policy Favoring Firings of Workers Who Won’t Pay fo
01/22/07Washington, DCFederal Court Orders Bush’s Labor Board to Resolve Key Employee Rights Case Delayed Since 1989
01/22/07Teacher Challenges Constitutionality of Ohio Law Forcing Public Employees to Pay Union Dues Unless Members of State-Approved Rel
01/17/07SEIU and ResCare Health Giant Face Second Round of Federal Charges for Illegally Forcing Unionization on Workers throughout West
01/17/07Fort Worth, TXESPN/ABC Cameraman Challenges Pervasive Entertainment Industry Practice of Forcing Union Membership on Part-Time and Freelance C
01/10/07Washington, DCLegal Foundation for Petitioners in First Amendment Battle Comment on Today’s Supreme Court Oral Argument
01/10/07Legal Counsel for Petitioners in First Amendment Battle Comment on Supreme Court Oral Argument
01/08/07Washington, DCSupreme Court Media Availability: Lead Plaintiff and Legal Counsel to Appear After Argument in Key First Amendment Battle
01/03/07Washington, DCMedia Advisory: Lead Plaintiff and Legal Foundation in Upcoming Supreme Court First Amendment Battle Available for Interviews

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