{"id":2631,"date":"2002-07-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2002-07-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2016-08-09T18:28:32","modified_gmt":"2016-08-09T18:28:32","slug":"settlement-punishes-union-for-misleading-workers-and-illegally-seizing-dues-for-politics-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nrtw.org\/es\/news\/settlement-punishes-union-for-misleading-workers-and-illegally-seizing-dues-for-politics-0\/","title":{"rendered":"Settlement Punishes Union for Misleading Workers and Illegally Seizing Dues for Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Lancaster, Pa. (July 25, 2002)<\/b> \u2014 The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) forced United Steelworkers of America (USWA) Local 1035 into a settlement of unfair labor practice charges brought by attorneys with the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation for Raymond Vojtowicz, an employee of Acme Markets Incorporated. <\/p>\n<p>As part of the settlement, USWA Local 1035 must honor Vojtowicz\u2019s resignation from the union and refund his dues and fees that were used for non-representational purposes.  The union must also post a notice alerting employees of Acme Markets of their right to refrain from formal union membership and that they will reimburse all non-member employees for any dues seized for non-representational purposes since October 24, 2001.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe greed and corruption of this USWA local\u2019s officials is outrageous,\u201d said <a href=\"mailto:shg@nrtw.org\">Stefan Gleason<\/a>, Vice President of the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation. \u201cThey have been misleading and lying to the people they claim to protect, just to keep the money flowing into their political machine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vojtowicz contacted the Foundation after USWA Local 1035 officials had threatened to take \u201cdisciplinary\u201d action against him for participating in a deauthorization election in January 2002.  The NLRB found that Vojtowicz could not be disciplined by the union because they never notified him of his right to refrain from union membership and pay a reduced fee that covers activities related only to collective bargaining. <\/p>\n<p>USWA Local 1035 officials violated Vojtowicz\u2019s rights established by the U.S. Supreme Court <a href=\"\/foundation-won.htm#Beck\"><i>Communications Workers v. Beck<\/i><\/a> decision.  Under <i>Beck<\/i>, a case that Foundation attorneys argued and won, workers may halt and reclaim forced union dues spent on politics and other activities unrelated to collective bargaining.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lancaster, Pa. 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