At Teamsters’ behest, NLRB official blocked earlier election request citing non-statutory NLRB ‘bar’ to decertification after card check unionization HUNTINGDON, PA – Shannon Martin, an employee of North Huntingdon EMS/Rescue, has filed a second petition with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) seeking a “decertification” election to remove Teamsters Local 205 union officials as the employees’ “representative.” Martin is receiving free legal aid from National Right to ...| National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation
Cincinnati-Area Kroger Worker Secures Victory Against Illegal Union Dues Deductions CINCINNATI, OH – In a win for employee freedom, James Carroll, a Kroger employee based near Cincinnati, has secured victory in his federal case against United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 75 and Kroger.| National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation
NLRB-invented policies currently allow union bosses to block worker-requested votes WASHINGTON, DC – During the Biden Administration, biased, pro-Big Labor National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) bureaucrats went out of their way to undermine the idea that workers and workers alone should choose whether or not they want a union.| National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation
Amicus brief: “Labor peace agreement” mandate violates federal law and subjects workers to coercive union organizing tactics SAN FRANCISCO, CA - The National Right to Work Foundation has filed an amicus brief at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in the case Ctrl Alt Destroy v. Elliott, arguing that California’s regulatory regime imposing so-called “labor peace agreements” on the cannabis industry violates federal law.| National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation
Union officials insulted worker for wanting to resign membership and keep working, incorrectly told workers P&W was “closed shop” MIDDLETOWN, CT - An employee of jet engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney’s Middletown facility is filing federal charges against International Association of Machinists (IAM) Local Lodge 700 union officials at the facility.| National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation
Dallas-based workers at two companies petitioned the NLRB for decertification elections to remove Teamsters Local 745 bosses DALLAS, TX (October 3, 2025) – Two successful union decertification efforts have freed workers from the control of International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 745 Union bosses in Dallas, Texas. Both Dallas-based delivery drivers for Restaurant Technologies, Inc. and employees at FCC Environmental Services in Dallas filed decertification petitions at the National Lab...| National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation
Majority of workers backed petitions calling for Teamsters removal as second workplace ejects Teamsters Local 89 bosses in recent weeks LOUISVILLE, KY – Kenneth Moore, an employee of Builders FirstSource, and his coworkers have been freed from the hold of Teamsters Local 89 union bosses after Builders FirstSource ended its recognition of the Teamsters as the workers’ “representative.” The employer took this decision following a petition signed by a majority of the workers demanding th...| National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation
All of the articles from the March/April 2025 issue of Foundation Action newsletter are now available to read online.| National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation
WASHINGTON, DC - With free legal aid from the National Right to Work Foundation, Ashley Silva filed a decertification petition with the NLRB, asking the federal agency to hold a vote among the employees of Union Kitchen’s five stores on whether the union should be ousted.| National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation
Current Issue Click here to download the March/April 2025 issue of Foundation Action. In this issue: Following Foundation Legal Arguments, Trump Fires Biden-Appointed NLRB Bureaucrats Hundreds of OH Workers Exit Teamsters as Union Bosses’ Amazon ‘Strike’ Stunt Flounders DOJ Attorney Battles Biden Admin Union Power Grab Over Justice Department St. Louis-Area Worker Battles Illegal Union […]| National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation
The following article is from the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation’s bi-monthly Foundation Action Newsletter, March/April 2025 edition. To view other editions of Foundation Action or to sign up for a free subscription, click here.| National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation
Union bosses imposed illegal limitations on resigning union membership, told electrician he would be fined for starting new business unless he signed with the union Evansville, IN – Brian Head, an Evansville-based electrician, has vindicated his federal labor rights against the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 16 union. Head filed federal charges after IBEW union officials threatened him with a $1.29 million internal disciplinary fine even though he had validly r...| National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation
Electric utility worker asks NLRB General Counsel to seek Board ruling against union policies that force nonmembers to fund union political spending BENSON, MN — Theresa Klassen, an employee of Agralite Electric Cooperative, is asking the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to expedite consideration of Big Labor schemes that force workers to pay dues for union political activities.| National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation
Nurses at Mayo Clinic's Mankato, Minnesota, branch sparked a wave of efforts across Minnesota to declare independence from union bosses.| National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation
No one should forget the reason for the festivities on Labor Day: Honoring America’s hardworking men and women, who power the most prosperous and innovative country in the world.| National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation
AGUADILLA, PUERTO RICO - Eric Matos, an airplane technician at Lufthansa Technik’s facility at Rafael Hernandez International Airport, has secured an opportunity for him and roughly 200 of his colleagues to vote International Association of Machinists (IAM) union officials out of their workplace.| National Right to Work Foundation
CINCINNATI, OH - Rayalan Kent, a Michigan-based employee of asphalt paving company Rieth-Riley, has just filed an amicus brief with the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in a case that could restore a substantial amount of power to workers in deciding whether they should be subject to union control.| National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation
A Right to Work law secures the right of employees to decide for themselves whether or not to join or financially support a union. However, employees who work in the railway or airline industries are not protected by a Right to Work law, and employees who work on a federal enclave may not be. Moreover, a Right to Work law does not prohibit limitations on when a dues deduction authorization card can be revoked. Workers should carefully read the fine print before signing such a card.| National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation
MIAMI, FL - Amanda Marc, an employee of AT&T BellSouth Communications, has filed federal charges against the Communications Workers of America (CWA) union and its local affiliates, maintaining that CWA union officials are imposing illegal restrictions on her and her coworkers’ right to opt out of union dues payments.| National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation
The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation is a nonprofit, charitable organization providing free legal aid to employees whose human or civil rights have been violated by compulsory unionism abuses. The Foundation, which can be contacted toll-free at 1-800-336-3600, assists thousands of employees in about 200 cases nationwide per year.| National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation
