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\nHartford, Connecticut (July 24, 2008)<\/b> \u2013 Today, National Right to Work Foundation staff attorneys are filing a state court lawsuit on behalf of a Connecticut resident who suffered from an ugly campaign of retaliation at the hands of area union officials. The suit alleges that union militants conspired to commit fraud and identity theft in order to bombard Patricia Pelletier with hundreds of mail-order magazines, violating her rights and sticking her with thousands of dollars in subscription and mail order fees.\n<\/p>\n
\nBecause Connecticut lacks a Right to Work law, Pelletier was forced to pay dues to the Communication Workers of America (CWA) Local 1103, as well as accept the union\u2019s workplace representation as a condition of employment. After becoming dissatisfied with the union\u2019s presence, Pelletier initiated a decertification petition to eject the CWA from the workplace. In retaliation, CWA officials apparently conspired to forge Pelletier\u2019s signature on numerous magazine subscriptions. Union militants are also accused of committing identity theft by illegally soliciting business information cards and signing up for advertiser information packages under Pelletier\u2019s name.\n<\/p>\n
\nThese actions resulted in a flood of unwanted magazines and advertisements arriving daily at Pelletier\u2019s doorstep. Not only was Pelletier forced to spend several hours each day canceling individual subscriptions, she was also billed for thousands of dollars by unwitting magazine companies, jeopardizing her credit rating. Pelletier still receives excess mail from a variety of journals and magazines, and her name continues to be circulated through advertiser mailing lists across the country.\n<\/p>\n
\nIn the 31-count suit to be filed today in Hartford Superior Court, Foundation staff attorneys allege that union officials committed identity theft, conspired to forge Pelletier\u2019s signature, inflicted undue emotional distress on Pelletier and her family, and violated Connecticut\u2019s Unfair Trade Practice Act by unlawfully retaliating against Pelletier for attempting to remove the union from her workplace. Foundation attorneys are now seeking damages in excess of $15,000 to compensate Pelletier for CWA union militants\u2019 campaign of retaliation against her.\n<\/p>\n
\n\u201cMrs. Pelletier\u2019s plight demonstrates the vicious things union officials will do to punish workers who would rather do without a union,\u2019\u201d said Stefan Gleason, vice president of the National Right to Work Foundation. \u201cMrs. Pelletier is guilty of nothing more than helping her coworkers give an unwanted union the boot. And the union bosses\u2019 vicious campaign of harassment and intimidation revealed their true nature.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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\nHartford, Connecticut (July 24, 2008)<\/b> \u2013 Today, National Right to Work Foundation staff attorneys are filing a state court lawsuit on behalf of a Connecticut resident who suffered from an ugly campaign of retaliation at the hands of area union officials. The suit alleges that union militants conspired to commit fraud and identity theft in order to bombard Patricia Pelletier with hundreds of mail-order magazines, violating her rights and sticking her with thousands of dollars in subscription and mail order fees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[888],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n