Mark Mix – California Globe

Federal Charges Filed by Employee Against AT&T and Labor Union for Illegal Unionization

October 24, 2024 4:58 pmOctober 24, 2024 4:58 pm

The National Right to Work Foundation has just filed federal charges against AT&T and the Communications Workers of America (CWA) labor union on behalf of Matthew Gonzales, an In-Home Expert for AT&T Mobility in Southern California. Gonzales maintains that AT&T...

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...

Judge Rules Against Union That Spied on, Read Emails of Public Sector Employees

January 28, 2021 5:52 pmFebruary 2, 2021 1:21 pm

On Thursday, a California Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) administrative law judge ruled that a union, the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) Local 3, unlawfully surveilled emails and communications of several Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito & Vector Control District employees. The...