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News Release: Right to Work Foundation Attorneys Move to Disqualify Controversial Recess Appointees from Six Cases

Anthony Riedel — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:51:41 -0500

Right to Work Foundation Attorneys Move to Disqualify Controversial Recess Appointees from Six Cases

Argue Labor Board does not have legitimate quorum to hear pending cases

Washington, DC (January 30, 2012) – Today, National Right to Work Foundation attorneys filed motions with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to disqualify President Barack Obama's recent purported recess appointees to the agency from participating in the Foundation's six cases pending before the Board.

News Release: Worker Advocate Challenges Constitutionality of Obama’s Controversial Labor Board Recess Appointments

Anthony Riedel — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:28:45 -0500

Worker Advocate Challenges Constitutionality of Obama's Controversial Labor Board Recess Appointments

Case over controversial NLRB posting becomes first legal challenge to Presidential attempt to make "recess appointments" without actual recess of the Senate

Washington, DC (January 13, 2012) – Today, National Right to Work Foundation attorneys filed a motion in federal court challenging the legality of President Barack Obama's recent purported recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).

News Release: Boeing Employees Hit Machinist Union with Charge for Discriminating against Workers in Right to Work States

Anthony Riedel — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 17:27:36 -0500

Boeing Employees Hit Machinist Union with Charge for Discriminating against Workers in Right to Work States

Union bosses abuse process to force Boeing to locate production in state without a Right to Work law

Washington, DC (December 28, 2011) – Three Charleston-area Boeing company (NYSE: BA) employees filed a federal retaliation charge against the Washington State union behind the National Labor Relations Board's (NLRB) high-profile case against Boeing for building a new facility in South Carolina.

News Release: Worker Advocate Blasts Obama Labor Board Rule Change

Anthony Riedel — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:31:48 -0500

Worker Advocate Blasts Obama Labor Board Rule Change

New rule would allow union bosses to ambush workers into forced-dues-paying union ranks

Washington, DC (December 22, 2011) – The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced new guidelines that give union organizers the upper hand over independent-minded employees in representation elections which will be implemented on April 30, 2012.

News Release: Transcript Shows SC Boeing Employees Kept in Dark about Labor Board Sham Settlement

Anthony Riedel — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:59:05 -0500

Transcript Shows SC Boeing Employees Kept in Dark about Labor Board Sham Settlement

Washington, DC (December 14, 2011) – National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) documents show that workers who had intervened in the Board’s high-profile case against Boeing were instead shut out of the entire process by which the case ended with Boeing agreeing to locate production of its 737 MAX plane in forced-dues Washington State.

News Release: Worker Advocate Offers Legal Aid to Charlotte Employees Discriminated Against during Democrat Convention

Anthony Riedel — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 12:33:03 -0500

Worker Advocate Offers Legal Aid to Charlotte Employees Discriminated Against during Democrat Convention

Media reports suggest nonunion workers may be ordered off their jobs to satisfy demands of Organized Labor

Charlotte, NC (November 9, 2011) – The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, which helps victims of forced unionism, is offering free legal aid to workers who refrain from union membership and may be ordered off their jobs or prevented to work during the 2012 Democratic National Convention scheduled for August 2012 in Charlotte.

Worker Advocate Challenges Obama Labor Board Overreach in Federal Court

Anthony Riedel — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 11:07:43 -0400

Worker Advocate Challenges Obama Labor Board Overreach in Federal Court

National Right to Work Foundation attorneys fight Labor Board’s decision to promote monopoly unionism in virtually every workplace in America

Washington, DC (September 16, 2011) – Today, National Right to Work Foundation attorneys filed a federal lawsuit challenging the National Labor Relations Board's (NLRB) new rules governing the notification of employee rights in the workplace.

News Release: Obama Labor Board Kills Important Secret Ballot Precedent

Anthony Riedel — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 17:09:02 -0400

Obama Labor Board Kills Important Secret Ballot Precedent

Worker advocate denounces NLRB’s ruling to take away protection workers have against card check forced unionism

Washington, DC (August 30, 2011) – Today, Barack Obama's National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) overturned its Dana Corp. decision, in which National Right to Work Foundation attorneys secured for employees the right to challenge union card check organizing campaigns with a secret ballot vote.

News Release: Worker Advocate Denounces NLRB Rule Designed to Push Workers into Compulsory Unionism

Anthony Riedel — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:29:39 -0400

Worker Advocate Denounces NLRB Rule Designed to Push Workers into Compulsory Unionism

National Right to Work Foundation President criticizes Labor Board’s decision to selectively publicize workers' rights

Washington, DC (August 25, 2011) – Today, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) implemented new rules governing the notification of employee rights in the workplace.

Biting the Hand: Pro-Forced Unionism New York Times Slams Obama Labor Board Over Boeing

Anthony Riedel — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 10:59:48 -0400

In the New York Times, columnist Joe Nocera writes how the National Labor Relations Board's (NLRB) unprecedented persecution against Boeing for locating additional production of its Dreamliner airplanes in South Carolina — in part because South Carolina is a Right to Work state — has changed the game for job providers:

It is a mind-boggling stretch to describe Boeing’s strategy as "retaliation." Companies have often moved to right-to-work states to avoid strikes; it is part of the calculus every big manufacturer makes. The South Carolina facility is a hedge against the possibility that Boeing’s union work force will shut down production of the Dreamliner. And it’s a perfectly legitimate hedge, at least under the rules that the business thought it was operating under.

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