Supermarket Chain Employees Win Lawsuit After Union Harasses, Lies to Them
It's one thing when your forced to join a third party organization to be able to have a job. It's worse when that third party lies about you having to belong. Matthew Coffey and Saood Rafique were told that they had to belong to the union and pay dues if they wished to work. That's against federal law. Here's what happened when they went to the NLRB.
The settlements require UFCW union officials to post remedial rights notices in over 70 Stop & Shop stores, as well as on the internet and in the union’s monthly newsletter, to properly inform employees of their rights to both abstain from union membership and pay only the amount of union fees directly germane to bargaining. These settlements enforce the Foundation-won CWA v. Beck Supreme Court decision. The remedial notices also announce that UFCW officials will return to Coffey and Rafique dues seized from them in violation of their Beck rights.
In closing, if a Union tells you that you must belong and pay dues, to be able to work, know your rights.
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