\nWooster, OH (April 12, 2012)<\/b> \u2013 With free legal assistance from National Right to Work Foundation attorneys, a ArtiFlex Manufacturing employee has won a settlement from a local union for violating his and his coworkers\u2019 rights.\n<\/p>\n
\nIn October 2011, Shreve-based United Steelworkers (USW) Local 1-801 union officials illegally threatened Dave Monahan and his colleagues with termination if they refused to formally join the union.\n<\/p>\n
\nUnion officials neglected to inform Artiflex workers of their rights to refrain from formal union membership and the payment of full union dues. In the Right to Work Foundation\u2019s Communications Workers v. Beck<\/i> Supreme Court case, the Court held that union officials cannot compel nonmember workers to pay the portion of union dues used for political, lobbying, and member-only activities.\n<\/p>\n
\nBecause Ohio does not have a Right to Work law, however, workers who refrain from union membership can still be compelled to pay union dues for workplace bargaining as a condition of employment.\n<\/p>\n
\nOn October 25, 2011, Monahan signed a union membership card under protest to keep his job. He then contacted the National Right to Work Foundation for free legal assistance. Monahan subsequently filed federal unfair labor practice charges against Local 1-801 with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) regional office in Cleveland.\n<\/p>\n
\nAs a result of the charges, USW Local 1-801 officials were forced to settle the case. The settlement requires union officials to return all illegally-seized dues to objecting nonmember employees and mail and post notices in the workplace informing all workers of their right to refrain from full-dues-paying union membership.\n<\/p>\n
\n\u201cSteelworker union officials exploited their monopoly bargaining powers to force workers into full dues-paying union ranks,\u201d said Mark Mix, President of National Right to Work. \u201cOhio desperately needs a Right to Work law making union membership and dues payments completely voluntary.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n\u201cUntil then, workers will be forced to pay for unwanted \u2018representation\u2019 from union bosses who disingenuously claim to have employees\u2019 best interests at heart,\u201d added Mix.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\nWooster, OH (April 12, 2012)<\/b> \u2013 With free legal assistance from National Right to Work Foundation attorneys, a ArtiFlex Manufacturing employee has won a settlement from a local union for violating his and his coworkers\u2019 rights.\n<\/p>\n
\nIn October 2011, Shreve-based United Steelworkers (USW) Local 1-801 union officials illegally threatened Dave Monahan and his colleagues with termination if they refused to formally join the union.\n<\/p>\n
\nUnion officials neglected to inform Artiflex workers of their rights to refrain from formal union membership and the payment of full union dues. In the Right to Work Foundation\u2019s Communications Workers v. Beck<\/i> Supreme Court case, the Court held that union officials cannot compel nonmember workers to pay the portion of union dues used for political, lobbying, and member-only activities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[888],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n