Minneapolis, MN (July 1, 2019)<\/strong> \u2013 Another employee at CRH Companies Midwest Region\u2019s Belle Plaine, MN facility has levied unfair labor practice charges against both the Teamsters Local 120 union and the company for firing him illegally upon his rejection of full union membership. The worker filed the charges with free legal aid from the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation.<\/p>\nAccording to Charles Winter\u2019s charge, a Teamsters representative told employees during a March 28 meeting that membership is required in order to get or keep a job.<\/p>\n
The charge also notes that the union membership form that Teamsters officials gave Winter was missing a legally-required estimate of the agency fees that union nonmembers would be required to pay. Because Minnesota does not have a Right to Work law, nonmember workers can be forced to pay some union fees as a condition of employment.<\/p>\n
Winter\u2019s charge against the Teamsters maintains that union agents clearly violated the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), which explicitly forbids any union agent from \u201crestrain[ing] or coerc[ing]\u201d employees in the exercise of their Section 7 rights, one of which is the right to refrain from union membership.<\/p>\n
Additionally, Winter charges the union with ignoring his rights under the Beck v. CWA<\/i> Supreme Court decision, which requires unions to provide employees who object to full membership a breakdown of the reduced union fees they will be required to pay.<\/p>\n
Regardless, CRH Companies swiftly carried out the discipline promised by Teamsters union agents. Winter\u2019s charge against the company states that a company representative informed him that union membership was compulsory. When Winter sent a reply reiterating his desire not to be a union member, the company representative sent him an email terminating his employment.<\/p>\n
Both charges ask the NLRB to seek \u201cSection 10(j)\u201d injunctions against the company and union to reinstate Winter while the charges are adjudicated.<\/p>\n
Winter joins James Connolly, another employee in the same CRH Companies facility, in filing unfair labor practice charges against CRH and the Teamsters for illegal termination. Connolly was fired 10 days before Winter was for similarly refusing full membership in the Teamsters. Both employees sought legal help from Foundation attorneys in filing their charges.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat the illegal firings of James Connolly and Charles Winter demonstrate all too clearly is the contempt Teamsters bosses have for even the most longstanding federal protections for workers,\u201d explained National Right to Work President Mark Mix. \u201cMinnesota legislators should take note of these abuses of union boss power and adopt a Right to Work law to ensure that union membership and financial support are strictly voluntary in The Gopher State.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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