National Right to Work Foundation Archives

SF Security Officer Files Federal Discrimination & Unfair Labor Practices Charges Against SEIU Union

November 16, 2022 7:22 am

Thomas Ross, a San Francisco-based security officer employed by Allied Universal, has filed charges against Service Employees International Union (SEIU) officials and his employer for forcing him to join and financially support the union after he told both parties his...

So Cal Lifeguards Petition US Supreme Court over Scheme Trapping Employees in Union Membership

September 8, 2022 3:41 pm

In May the Globe reported that Orange County California lifeguard Jonathan Savas and 22 colleagues sued the State of California and the California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) labor union for violating their First Amendment right to abstain from forced union membership...

OC Lifeguards Push for Rehearing of First Amendment Challenge to Union Membership Trapping Scheme

May 18, 2022 10:52 am

Orange County California lifeguard Jonathan Savas and 22 colleagues have filed an application for a rehearing of their federal civil rights lawsuit before an en banc (all judges) panel of judges of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. They...

Teamsters Union Bosses Back Down to Long Beach Savage Services Workers

March 1, 2022 11:42 am

In September, Long Beach-area Savage Services employee Nelson Medina charged Teamsters Local 848 union bosses with threatening to have him fired for refusing to join the union, pay full dues, and pay other fees demanded by union officials, the Globe reported....

UC Irvine Lab Assistant Wins Settlement over Unconstitutional Union Dues Seizures

November 18, 2021 10:37 am

UC Irvine lab assistant Amber Walker has won a settlement forcing University Professional and Technical Employees (UPTE) union officials at her workplace to stop illegally taking union dues money from her paycheck, the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation...

New SCOTUS Petitions Claim Public Employees’ First Amendment Rights Violated by Unions

November 1, 2021 10:59 amNovember 2, 2021 12:15 pm

Last week, National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation attorneys, in partnership with attorneys from the Freedom Foundation, filed petitions asking the United States Supreme Court to hear several cases from public employees in California, Oregon, and Alaska government employment....

Another Union Ouster: Los Angeles XPO Logistics Employees Free of Unwanted Teamsters Union

October 25, 2021 12:09 pm

It’s Deja vu all over again, as the great Yogi Bera once famously said. In California, we have a near repeat of the ousted labor union case in Ventura that the Globe covered last month, where the employees submitted a...