June 03, 2011 NILRR News Clips

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White House raises objections to union provision in military bill

The Hill Online, 6/01/2011

“The vast majority of contractors and their employees —
more than 80 percent — have voluntarily opted against unionization,†according
to the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation. “Because most
contractors and employees choose to refrain from unionization when they have the
free choice, Big Labor turned to politicians to remove that choice and impose
union representation on employees from the top down.â€

3 Boeing workers want suit role: Trio files request to intervene in case brought
by NLRB

Post and Courier Online, 6/03/2011

Murray, Ramaker and Going are represented by the
Virginia-based National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation.

Murray, a quality inspector who led the ouster of the
machinists union from Boeing’s local campus almost two years ago, said Thursday
that he’s getting involved in this latest labor dispute because he and his
co-workers “should be protected under the law.”

3 Boeing employees want to take part in NLRB suit

Seattle Times Online, 6/03/2011

“They are violating my right to work with a choice,”
Ramaker wrote. “Isn’t that was being an American is all about? That is MY
right!”

Having helped organized a Machinists local when he worked
at Lockheed Martin, Going said he fears having to draw unemployment but would
not want to work in a unionized environment again.

“When I helped organize the union at Lockheed earlier in my
career, I was young and naïve about unions, but I am neither young nor
naïve any longer,” Going said.

Murray, Ramaker and Going are represented by the National
Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation. NLRB spokeswoman Nancy Cleeland said the
agency had just received the filing and was reviewing it.

Three Boeing workers push back in NLRB case

Post & Courier, 6/2/2011

The trio is being represented by a group that works to
protect right-to-work laws in states such as South Carolina.

The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation said
last month it was looking to recruit local Boeing employees so it could try to
join the closely watched case.

North Charleston Boeing employees seek to intervene in NLRB case

Charleston Business News Online, 6/02/2011

The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, based
in Washington, D.C., today announced that the employees have filed a motion to
intervene in the labor dispute, which is set for a hearing on June 14.

“They have a direct and tangible stake in the outcome of this case because
their employment will almost ceIf their employment is not terminated, the motion
said, they would at best be given “the ‘option’ to transfer to the
forced-unionism state of Washington where they would be represented by a union
they have already rejected.â€

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