Federal Labor Board Asked to Block Trump Plaza Election, Ethics Investigation Sought into Rep. Andrews’ Tampering with Union Vot

**Atlantic City, NJ (March 30, 2007)** – A national employee rights organization filed a union unfair labor practice charge and requested a formal congressional investigation into misconduct by Congressman Robert Andrews (D-NJ) in interfering with a union certification election scheduled for tomorrow at the Trump Plaza Hotel. The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation […]

Bush Labor Board Boosts Union “Corporate Campaigns,” Whitewashes Clinton-era Policy Favoring Firings of Workers Who Won’t Pay fo

**Washington, DC (January 30, 2007)** – Forced to rule by an extremely rare court order, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) let stand a controversial Clinton NLRB ruling that approved the firing of workers who refuse to pay for union organizing campaigns. The ruling came in a long-languishing case initiated in 1989 by two cheese […]

Legal Foundation for Petitioners in First Amendment Battle Comment on Today’s Supreme Court Oral Argument

Washington, DC (January 10, 2007) – Mark Mix, President of the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, made the following statement regarding today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Davenport v. Washington Education Association. The Foundation is a non-profit organization providing free legal aid to victims of compulsory unionism abuse, and whose staff attorneys […]

Supreme Court Media Availability: Lead Plaintiff and Legal Counsel to Appear After Argument in Key First Amendment Battle

**Washington, DC** – Wednesday morning, January 10, at approximately 11:00 a.m. EST the U.S. States Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the cases of Davenport v. Washington Education Association (WEA) and Washington v. WEA. The High Court will decide whether to overturn a Washington State Supreme Court decision that discovered a “right” for union […]

Federal Labor Board Authorizes Forced Unionization of Airport Security Screeners

**Washington, DC (June 29, 2006)** – The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled that airport security screeners employed by private government contractors fall under the agency’s jurisdiction, and therefore can be subjected to forced unionization. The ruling resulted from the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) refusal to back previous Bush Administration policy against granting monopoly bargaining […]

WFSE Union Officials Refuse to Refund $10 Million in Union Dues Seized from State Employees Through Illegal Demands

**Olympia, WA (April 13, 2006)** – Despite admitting that they wrongly threatened and caused the firings of state government workers across Washington for refusing to pay union dues, Washington Federation of State Employees (WFSE) union officials this week refused a second formal request from the National Right to Work Foundation to refund all forced union […]

Employee Advocate Reacts to AFL-CIO’s Pledge to Spend “Unprecedented” Sum on Politics in 2006

San Diego, CA (February 28, 2006) – The following is a statement of Mark Mix, President of the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, in response to AFL-CIO chief John Sweeney’s announcement that the labor conglomerate will spend an “unprecedented” $40 million to influence the 2006 mid-term elections. “It’s disappointing to learn that the […]

Employee Advocate Urges Attorney General Spitzer Not to Allow Amnesty to TWU Union Officials for Illegal Strike

New York, N.Y. (December 23, 2005) – The National Right to Work Foundation, a non-profit charitable organization that provides free legal aid to employees suffering from compulsory unionism abuses, called on New York Attorney General Elliot Spitzer today not to heed union officials’ calls for amnesty as part of the final settlement after those officials […]