Posts tagged secret-ballot election
Op-ed: Labor Board Must Fix Blocking Charges to Protect Employee Choice
June 17, 2026 // When employees sought representation, the NLRB emphasized speed to capture employee sentiment before it dissipated. But when employees sought to remove or test support for an incumbent union, blocking charges made by the union could postpone a vote for years while allegations, valid or not, are investigated, tried, appealed, or supplemented by new charges. That asymmetry is difficult to square with the act’s protection of a two-way street. Changes in neither 2020 nor 2024 produced a system that reliably safeguards employee free choice. The current NLRB can fix this long-standing problem by closing loopholes, ensuring employees can vote promptly, and taking responsibility for decisions that prevent ballots from being counted.
New Jersey Wells Fargo Bank Employees Formally Oust CWA Union Bosses
April 28, 2026 // Employees at Wells Fargo’s Seaside Park branch have successfully removed Communications Workers of America (CWA) union bosses from their workplace. The effort to remove the union was initiated when bank employee Lisa Sholtis filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) seeking a “decertification” election to remove CWA union officials from the Seaside Park Wells Fargo location. Sholtis filed the petition for her coworkers with free legal aid from the National Right to Work Foundation.
Utah Mechanics Eject Operating Engineers Union Bosses After Landslide Decertification Vote Results
December 22, 2025 // Employees of Smith Power Products, Inc are free from the hold of Operating Engineers Local Union No. 3 union officials after an overwhelming majority of the units 58 workers voted to “decertify” the union in a secret ballot election administered by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). NLRB Region 27 certified the election results, officially ending Operating Engineers officials’ exclusive monopoly “representation” of the Smith Power Products employees. The decertification effort was spearheaded by Smith Power Products employee Bryce Runia, who filed his petition with the NLRB with free legal aid from National Right to Work Foundation staff attorneys.
Op-ed: About Right to Work, Will the Real Abigail Spanberger Please Stand Up
December 4, 2025 // Reforms that weaken Right to Work laws will make Virginia less attractive to employers—reducing job growth and increasing Virginians' cost of living. Governor-elect Spanberger should reassure Virginians that she opposes any legislation weakening her citizens' Right to Work because she understands that protecting worker freedom is central to her abundance agenda.
Cook Board president, officials back efforts to unionize at Chicago Botanic Garden
November 20, 2025 // But Garden officials said in a statement following Preckwinkle’s press conference that they will not agree to card-check neutrality and instead want to engage in a more formal process. “Federal labor law establishes a process for employees to exercise their rights in this regard by making their choice for or against representation in a secret ballot election administered and supervised by the National Labor Relations Board,” the statement said. “Were the Garden to recognize a labor union based solely on ‘card check neutrality,’ — i.e., without giving our employees a chance to be informed and have the ability to hold a secret ballot election on the issue — we would, in our view, be depriving our workers of their rights on this important issue.”
WV Millville Quarry Workers File Petition to Oust International Brotherhood of Boilermakers Local DNCL Union Bosses
November 12, 2025 // Majority of Harpers Ferry quarry workers support petition seeking end of union monopoly “representation”
As historic LGBTQ+ bar closes in SLC, owner and union organizers say they both hope to find ‘a path forward’
November 4, 2025 // The bar has tried to stay open during the shutdown, she said, but “sadly, the financial impact of consistent protests has made it impossible for us to remain open. As such, we will be closing the SunTrapp on October 31st, 2025.“
CalPortland Fresno Ready Mix Drivers File Petition to End Teamsters Local 431 Union Boss “Representation”
November 1, 2025 // Majority of workers back petition seeking to free themselves of Teamsters union officials
Newt’s World Episode 899: Employee Rights Act
October 13, 2025 // Newt talks with Vincent Vernuccio, President of the Institute for the American Worker about the Employee Rights Act of 2025, a legislative proposal aimed at enhancing and safeguarding the rights of American workers while promoting fairness and accountability in the workplace. Introduced by Senator Tim Scott and Congressman Rick Allen, the bill represents a Republican vision for the workforce, focusing on empowering workers, improving unions, and fostering innovation and growth. Vernuccio highlights the outdated nature of current labor laws,
Kentucky Construction Industry Workers File Petitions to Oust Teamsters Local 89 Union from their Workplaces
September 22, 2025 // NLRB statistics for the past 12 months show that over 20% of all decertification cases involved the Teamsters union. Chris Smith, an employee of IMI Kentucky in Scottsville, KY, and Kenneth Moore, an employee of Builders FirstSource in Louisville, KY, each filed petitions seeking to end Teamsters Local 89 union officials’ “representation” at their respective workplaces. IMI workers already secured victory in their effort to remove the Teamsters, while the effort to remove the Teamsters at Builders FirstSource is still ongoing.