Honolulu, HI (May 10, 2012) \u2013 With free legal assistance from National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation staff attorneys, a Hyatt Regency employee has filed another round of federal unfair labor practice charges against the UNITE HERE Local 5 union.<\/p>\n
Steven Taono doesn\u2019t belong to Local 5 but can still be forced to pay union dues as a condition of employment because Hawaii lacks a Right to Work law. However, the Foundation-won Supreme Court precedent Communication Workers v. Beck holds that nonunion employees cannot be forced to pay for union activities unrelated to workplace bargaining, such as political lobbying or members-only activities.<\/p>\n
In December 2011, Taono received a breakdown of union financial expenditures from Local 5. According to the union\u2019s books, he was forced to contribute to a variety of activities outside the scope of workplace negotiations, including UNITE HERE political lobbying and a union strike fund.<\/p>\n
Taono\u2019s charges follow similar allegations raised last week by two other Honolulu hotel workers, who also contend that union officials forced them to pay for union political activism. <\/p>\n
The charges will now be investigated by the National Labor Relations Board, a federal agency charged with administering private sector labor law.<\/p>\n
\u201cOnce again, UNITE HERE bosses have demonstrated how little regard they have for workers\u2019 rights,\u201d said Patrick Semmens, legal information director for the National Right to Work Foundation. \u201cThe only permanent solution to chronic union law-breaking is a Hawaii Right to Work law, which would ensure that no employee can be forced to join or pay dues to a union.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Honolulu, HI (May 10, 2012) \u2013 With free legal assistance from National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation staff attorneys, a Hyatt Regency employee has filed another round of federal unfair labor practice charges against the UNITE HERE Local 5 union.<\/p>\n
Steven Taono doesn\u2019t belong to Local 5 but can still be forced to pay union dues as a condition of employment because Hawaii lacks a Right to Work law. However, the Foundation-won Supreme Court precedent Communication Workers v. Beck holds that nonunion employees cannot be forced to pay for union activities unrelated to workplace bargaining, such as political lobbying or members-only activities.<\/p>\n
In December 2011, Taono received a breakdown of union financial expenditures from Local 5. According to the union\u2019s books, he was forced to contribute to a variety of activities outside the scope of workplace negotiations, including UNITE HERE political lobbying and a union strike fund.<\/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-3031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n