{"id":965,"date":"2013-02-25T15:22:23","date_gmt":"2013-02-25T15:22:23","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2016-08-09T16:26:44","modified_gmt":"2016-08-09T16:26:44","slug":"workers-file-suit-after-company-and-union-violate-utah-s-right-to-work-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nrtw.org\/es\/news\/workers-file-suit-after-company-and-union-violate-utah-s-right-to-work-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Workers File Suit After Company and Union Violate Utah’s Right to Work Law"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Workers File Suit After Company and Union Violate Utah’s Right to Work Law<\/a><\/h2>\n

Union officials confiscate nearly $10,000 in illegal union dues<\/h3>\n

Salt Lake City, UT (February 25, 2013)<\/b> \u2013 Four Progress Rail Services Corporation workers have filed a lawsuit alleging the company and a local union violated their rights under Utah’s popular Right to Work law and illegally coerced them into paying thousands of dollars in union dues.<\/p>\n

With free legal assistance from National Right to Work Foundation staff attorneys, the four workers \u2013 Bryan Rees, James Rogers, Richard Simone, and Jason Wilson \u2013 filed the lawsuit against Progress Rail and the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen\/International Association of Machinists (IAM) Local 6601 union in the Third Judicial District Court in Salt Lake County.<\/p>\n

IAM Local 6601 union officials enjoy monopoly bargaining powers over the workplace. In about May 2006, Local 6601 union officials and Progress Rail, which repairs railroad cars, negotiated a contract that contained a forced dues clause that requires all covered employees to pay union dues or fees as a condition of employment. However, under Utah’s Right to Work law, workers cannot be compelled to pay union dues or fees to get or keep a job.<\/p>\n

Click here to read the full release.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"News<\/p>\n

Workers File Suit After Company and Union Violate Utah’s Right to Work Law<\/a><\/h2>\n

Union officials confiscate nearly $10,000 in illegal union dues<\/h3>\n

Salt Lake City, UT (February 25, 2013)<\/b> \u2013 Four Progress Rail Services Corporation workers have filed a lawsuit alleging the company and a local union violated their rights under Utah’s popular Right to Work law and illegally coerced them into paying thousands of dollars in union dues.<\/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-965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nWorkers File Suit After Company and Union Violate Utah's Right to Work Law - National Right to Work Foundation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nrtw.org\/news\/workers-file-suit-after-company-and-union-violate-utah-s-right-to-work-law\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Workers File Suit After Company and Union Violate Utah's Right to Work Law - 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