{"id":2352,"date":"2005-11-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-11-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2016-08-09T18:25:43","modified_gmt":"2016-08-09T18:25:43","slug":"nurse-slaps-union-with-federal-charges-for-threatening-to-have-her-fired-for-resisting-formal-union-membership-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nrtw.org\/es\/news\/nurse-slaps-union-with-federal-charges-for-threatening-to-have-her-fired-for-resisting-formal-union-membership-0\/","title":{"rendered":"Nurse Slaps Union with Federal Charges for Threatening to Have Her Fired for Resisting Formal Union Membership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Richland, WA (November 17, 2005)<\/strong> \u2013 With free legal assistance from National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation attorneys, a local home health agency nurse filed federal charges against the United Staff Nurses Union (USNU) after union officials illegally threatened to have her fired.   The nurse had been asserting her right to remain free from formal union membership and her right to not pay for union political activities.<\/p>\n<p>Christy Landrum, a nurse employed by Tri-Cities Home Health, filed federal unfair labor practice charges with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).  A letter dated October 20, 2005 from USNU officials unlawfully threatened Landrum that the only way for her to avoid being fired was to complete and return a union membership form.<\/p>\n<p>Foundation attorneys allege that USNU officials deliberately misinformed Landrum of her right to refrain from formal union membership and thereby pay less than full union dues.  They also failed to inform her of her right to object to paying for union political and other non-bargaining activities, failed to provide sufficient financial information (as required by U.S. Supreme Court rulings) regarding the union\u2019s expenditures, and failed to apprise her of any internal union procedures for filing objections to the union\u2019s calculations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnion officials shamelessly threatened this nurse\u2019s job to stifle dissent,\u201d said <a href=\"mailto:shg@nrtw.org\">Stefan Gleason<\/a>, vice president of the National Right to Work Foundation.  \u201cThese heavy-handed tactics demonstrate how far union officials will go to keep a steady stream of forced union dues flowing into union coffers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>USNU officials\u2019 threats violate worker rights precedents recognized under the Foundation-won U.S. Supreme Court <a href=\"\/foundation-won.htm#Beck\"><i>Communications Workers v. Beck<\/i><\/a> decision.  Under <em>Beck<\/em> and subsequent NLRB rulings, union officials must specifically inform employees of their right to refrain from formal union membership and pay only those proven costs directly related to collective bargaining.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one should be forced to pay dues to an unwanted union just to get or keep their job,\u201d stated Gleason. \u201cThis is especially true when union officials abuse that government-granted special privilege.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Richland, WA (November 17, 2005) \u2013 With free legal assistance from National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation attorneys, a local home health agency nurse filed federal charges against the United Staff Nurses Union (USNU) after union officials illegally threatened to have her fired. 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