Las Vegas, NV (June 26, 2013)<\/b> \u2013 With free legal assistance from National Right to Work Foundation staff attorneys, a Paris Las Vegas Hotel and Casino worker has filed a federal charge against a local union for violating her right to refrain from union affiliation.<\/p>\n
Nani Sugianto filed the federal unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) last week against the Culinary Workers Union Local 226.<\/p>\n
According to the charge, after union brass signed a new contract with the hotel, a union steward illegally threatened Sugianto that she would lose all of her benefits and her seniority, and would be required to start over again as a new hire, unless she paid union dues even though she is not a union member.<\/p>\n
Under Nevada’s Right to Work law, workers cannot be forced to pay union dues or fees as a condition of their employment.<\/p>\n
\u00abWorkers’ rights are not a casino game,\u00bb said Mark Mix, President of the National Right to Work Foundation. \u00abWe call on the NLRB to call the union officials’ bluff and stop these outrageous threats.\u00bb<\/p>\n
Twenty-four states have Right to Work protections for employees. Public polling shows that nearly 80 percent of Americans and union members support the principle of voluntary unionism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Las Vegas, NV (June 26, 2013)<\/b> \u2013 With free legal assistance from National Right to Work Foundation staff attorneys, a Paris Las Vegas Hotel and Casino worker has filed a federal charge against a local union for violating her right to refrain from union affiliation.<\/p>\n
Nani Sugianto filed the federal unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) last week against the Culinary Workers Union Local 226.<\/p>\n
According to the charge, after union brass signed a new contract with the hotel, a union steward illegally threatened Sugianto that she would lose all of her benefits and her seniority, and would be required to start over again as a new hire, unless she paid union dues even though she is not a union member.<\/p>\n
Under Nevada’s Right to Work law, workers cannot be forced to pay union dues or fees as a condition of their employment.<\/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-3152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n