National Labor Relations Act – California Globe

LAX Foodservice Employee Files Federal Charges Against Labor Union over Intimidation, Harassment

April 30, 2025 10:53 amApril 30, 2025 11:39 am

An employee of Flying Food Group, a foodservice provider to commercial flights at Los Angeles International Airport, has hit the Unite Here Local 11 union with federal charges. The employee, Kenia Solano, maintains that union officials and agents have targeted...

Labor Day: Workers Celebrate Freedom from Labor Unions

September 2, 2024 3:10 amSeptember 3, 2024 8:55 am

On this Labor Day 2024, take a moment to read about another case from the National Right to Work Foundation, which provides free legal aid to employees whose human or civil rights have been violated by compulsory unionism abuses. The...

CA’s Dependable Highway Express Employees Force Teamsters Out

April 8, 2024 3:13 pmApril 8, 2024 3:13 pm

In February, the Globe reported that John Cwiek, an employee of Dependable Highway Express, a Los Angeles-based transportation company, had recently filed federal charges against the Teamsters Local 63 union. Cwiek maintained that Teamsters union officials retaliated against him for...

Ontario Trucking Employee Who Revealed Union Boss Salaries Files Federal Charges Against Teamsters for Retaliatory Actions

February 12, 2024 1:35 pmFebruary 12, 2024 1:35 pm

John Cwiek, an employee of Dependable Highway Express, a Los Angeles-based transportation company, recently filed federal charges against the Teamsters Local 63 union. Cwiek maintains that Teamsters union officials retaliated against him for revealing truthful but unfavorable information about the...

Agricultural Labor Relations Board

August 21, 2020 6:22 amAugust 21, 2020 6:30 am

California’s Agricultural Labor Relations Board (ALRB) was created in 1975. According to ALRB, they were created “to ensure peace in the fields of California by guaranteeing justice for all agricultural workers and stability in agricultural labor relations.” Among its duties,...

Gov. Newsom: AB 5 ‘Landmark Legislation’ for ‘Workers and Our Economy’

September 27, 2019 9:24 amSeptember 27, 2019 12:19 pm

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation that makes it more difficult for companies to classify workers as independent contractors so they can skirt labor laws that cover official employees. The law, AB5, says that “a person providing labor or services...