{"id":1004,"date":"2013-06-13T11:51:56","date_gmt":"2013-06-13T11:51:56","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2016-08-09T16:22:57","modified_gmt":"2016-08-09T16:22:57","slug":"union-thuggery-watch-bizarre-new-photos-expose-steelworker-union-intimidation-during-west-va-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nrtw.org\/es\/blog\/union-thuggery-watch-bizarre-new-photos-expose-steelworker-union-intimidation-during-west-va-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Union Thuggery Watch: Bizarre new photos expose Steelworker union intimidation during West VA strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/files\/nrtw\/Outhouse.jpg\" align=\"right\" height=\"304\" hspace=\"8\" vspace=\"5\" width=\"230\" \/>In an ongoing case involving four West Virginia Constellium Rolled Products workers who continued to work during last fall&#8217;s Steelworker union-instigated strike against the company, recently-obtained photos portray the union militants&#8217; intimidation of those workers.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nUnion militants put up an outhouse featuring a creepy hanging doll&#8217;s head and posted signs publicizing the names, addresses, and phone numbers of the workers who continued to work during the strike.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe four workers resigned their union membership in the United Steelworkers (USW) Local 5668 union before they continued to work during the strike. Under federal law, workers who refrain from union membership are exempt from the union&#8217;s constitution and bylaws and thus cannot be disciplined for continuing to work during a union boss-ordered strike.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nAfter the strike concluded, the workers received threatening letters from USW Local 5668 union officials stating that the union hierarchy intends to levy retaliatory strike fines against the workers at &quot;the maximum penalty allowed.&quot; Union officials also stated that the workers will be placed &quot;at the bottom of the seniority list,&quot; which is a clear violation of federal labor law.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nWith free legal assistance from National Right to Work Foundation staff attorneys, the four workers <a href=\"\/en\/press\/2013\/05\/ravenswood-steelworker-union-charges-05102013\">filed federal charges<\/a> against the USW Local 5668 union with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) last month.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/files\/nrtw\/Sign_Photo_edited.jpg\" height=\"237\" width=\"318\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p>If you or someone you know has been harassed, intimidated, or threatened by a union, please contact the National Right to Work Foundation at 1-800-336-3600, via <a href=\"mailto:legal@nrtw.org\">email<\/a>, or by <a href=\"\/en\/legal.htm\">clicking here<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/files\/nrtw\/Outhouse.jpg\" align=\"right\" height=\"304\" hspace=\"8\" vspace=\"5\" width=\"230\" \/>In an ongoing case involving four West Virginia Constellium Rolled Products workers who continued to work during last fall&#8217;s Steelworker union-instigated strike against the company, recently-obtained photos portray the union militants&#8217; intimidation of those workers.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nUnion militants put up an outhouse featuring a creepy hanging doll&#8217;s head and posted signs publicizing the names, addresses, and phone numbers of the workers who continued to work during the strike.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe four workers resigned their union membership in the United Steelworkers (USW) Local 5668 union before they continued to work during the strike. Under federal law, workers who refrain from union membership are exempt from the union&#8217;s constitution and bylaws and thus cannot be disciplined for continuing to work during a union boss-ordered strike.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[889],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Union Thuggery Watch: Bizarre new photos expose Steelworker union intimidation during West VA strike - National Right to Work Foundation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nrtw.org\/blog\/union-thuggery-watch-bizarre-new-photos-expose-steelworker-union-intimidation-during-west-va-strike\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Union Thuggery Watch: Bizarre new photos expose Steelworker union intimidation during West VA strike - National Right to Work Foundation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In an ongoing case involving four West Virginia Constellium Rolled Products workers who continued to work during last fall&#039;s Steelworker union-instigated strike against the company, recently-obtained photos portray the union militants&#039; intimidation of those workers.   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