{"id":2676,"date":"2002-01-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2002-01-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2016-08-09T18:28:57","modified_gmt":"2016-08-09T18:28:57","slug":"oklahoma-workers-join-court-battle-to-defend-right-to-work-law-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nrtw.org\/es\/news\/oklahoma-workers-join-court-battle-to-defend-right-to-work-law-0\/","title":{"rendered":"Oklahoma Workers Join Court Battle to Defend Right to Work Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Muskogee, Okla. (January 22, 2002)<\/b>  \u2013  Enjoying free legal aid from the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, workers from three different Oklahoma companies have filed formally in federal court to join Governor Frank Keating in defending Oklahoma\u2019s new Right to Work constitutional amendment against multi-union attack.<\/p>\n<p>The employees argue that if the unions prevail in voiding the statewide ban on forced unionism they will suffer direct financial harm as well as damage to their interests of free speech and free association.<\/p>\n<p>The Oklahoma AFL-CIO, six local unions, and a heavily unionized company filed the suit last November in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma to overturn the will of Oklahoma voters in enacting State Question 695 on September 25, 2001.  The Right to Work constitutional amendment bans the widespread union practice of forcing workers to join an unwanted union or pay any union dues as a condition of employment.  Oklahoma is the newest of America\u2019s 22 Right to Work states.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite the personal risks they face in publicly opposing the state\u2019s most powerful union officials, these employees feel so strongly that they have decided to stand beside Governor Keating in federal court to face down this multi-union lawsuit,\u201d said <a href=\"mailto:shg@nrtw.org\">Stefan Gleason<\/a>, Vice President of the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation.  \u201cThe Right to Work law is not just about economic growth and creation of high-paying jobs, it\u2019s about protecting individual rights and reducing union corruption and abuse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The employees are filing with the court as \u201cdefendant intervenors\u201d which will ensure that they can file briefs and make arguments in court to defend their direct financial and liberty interests at stake in the preservation of the Right to Work amendment.  Meanwhile, Governor Keating\u2019s primary legal responsibility is to protect the interest of the public at large in a law passed by electoral referendum.<\/p>\n<p>The three employees are Kent Duvall, an employee of United Parcel Service, Michelle McKenzie, an employee of Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, and Stephen Weese, an employee of Oklahoma Fixture Company. <\/p>\n<p>Motions for summary judgment will be filed by the parties on or before January 31, 2002.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Muskogee, Okla. (January 22, 2002) \u2013 Enjoying free legal aid from the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, workers from three different Oklahoma companies have filed formally in federal court to join Governor Frank Keating in defending Oklahoma\u2019s new Right to Work constitutional amendment against multi-union attack. 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