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Labor Board to Prosecute UFCW Union for Illegal Strike Fine Against Oregon Fred Meyer Grocery Worker Who Resigned

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On appeal, NLRB General Counsel finds UFCW union bosses violated the law by fining worker nearly $1,000 for supposedly working one hour during strike

PORTLAND, OR – Portland-area Fred Meyer grocery store employee Coyesca Vasquez has been vindicated in her nearly two-year dispute with United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 555 union bosses, as the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel has just moved to prosecute the union for violating Vasquez’s rights.

Letter to NLRB: Federal Appeals Court Ruling Bolsters Foundation’s Petition to Scrap Invented ‘Bars’ to Removing Incumbent Unions

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D.C. Circuit holds NLRB lacked legal authority to impose “successor bar,” suggests other non-statutory “bars” to decertification votes violate National Labor Relations Act

Washington, DC – The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation has submitted a letter to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), notifying the agency of a new federal appeals court decision that strongly supports the Foundation’s pending petition, submitted last month, asking the Board to scrap a series of non-statutory barriers that trap employees in unwanted union representation.

National Right to Work Foundation Files Brief in Support of Grad Students’ Legal Challenge to Being Forced to Fund Radical Campus Union

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Amicus brief at Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals argues NLRB coercion over bargaining means mandatory union dues requirement violates First Amendment

CHICAGO, IL – The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation has filed an amicus curiae brief with the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in support of University of Chicago graduate students who are challenging the requirement that they pay fees to a union they oppose. Currently, these students must pay the union in order to keep their research and teaching jobs, which are a requirement of completing their graduate program.

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