{"id":2656,"date":"2002-04-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2002-04-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2016-08-09T18:28:50","modified_gmt":"2016-08-09T18:28:50","slug":"national-legal-foundation-forces-union-to-drop-vindictive-lawsuit-against-city-of-anderson-employee-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nrtw.org\/es\/news\/national-legal-foundation-forces-union-to-drop-vindictive-lawsuit-against-city-of-anderson-employee-0\/","title":{"rendered":"National Legal Foundation Forces Union to Drop Vindictive Lawsuit Against City of Anderson Employee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (April 5, 2002)<\/b> \u2014 Attorneys with the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation have forced Utility Workers Union of America (UWUA) Local 108 to drop their vindictive suit against City of Anderson employee Michael Thompson.  <\/p>\n<p>In March, union officials filed the suit against Thompson, a non-union member who works in the city\u2019s water pollution control department, claiming that he owed them $609.72 in back dues, including dues the union may have spent for political activities.  Once the union realized that Thompson was represented by Foundation attorneys, they dismissed the suit.<\/p>\n<p>To counter the charges brought by UWUA officials, Foundation attorneys showed that Thompson was never provided with the required disclosure of how non-member fees were spent.   As a non-member, Thompson may only be compelled to pay for union expenses that are directly related to collective bargaining and contract administration.  Under Foundation-won rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court, Thompson cannot be forced to pay anything until these First Amendment due-process rights are respected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe UWUA never intended to provide a record of how they spent workers\u2019 hard-earned money,\u201d said <a href=\"mailto:shg@nrtw.org\">Stefan Gleason<\/a>, Vice President of the National Right to Work Foundation.  \u201cIt\u2019s simply pay up and shut up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The actions of UWUA officials directly violate the Foundation-won Supreme Court decision in <a href=\"\/foundation-won.htm#Hudson\"><i>Chicago Teachers Union v. Hudson<\/i><\/a>, which requires unions to provide objecting employees an advance reduction of forced union dues used for politics and other non-bargaining activities.  Under <i>Hudson<\/i>, union officials must provide audited disclosure of their books and justify expenditures made from forced union dues seized from employees who have chosen to refrain from union membership.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (April 5, 2002) \u2014 Attorneys with the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation have forced Utility Workers Union of America (UWUA) Local 108 to drop their vindictive suit against City of Anderson employee Michael Thompson. 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