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Factory Workers Secure $12K in Legal Challenge to Discrimination by IAM Union and Employer against Non-Union Employees
A dozen non-union factory employees at Clarion Sintered Metals, Inc., have each received $1,000 in back pay bonuses after being discriminated against by International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) Local 2448 and Clarion Sintered Metals. James Cobaugh, a factory employee at Clarion Sintered Metals, Inc., had filed federal charges against Clarion and IAM as he sought justice for himself and other nonmember workers subject to unlawful discrimination. Mr. Cobaugh received free legal aid from the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation
Mr. Cobaugh’s charges against the union and his employer were filed on April 22, 2022, with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the federal agency responsible for enforcing the National Labor Relations Act and adjudicating disputes among private sector employers, unions, and individual employees. The charges came after Clarion Sintered Metals denied $1,000.00 bonuses to workers who exercised their legal right not formally join the union. […]
“Mr. Cobaugh courageously stood up to the union’s unlawful actions, not only for himself, but also for the other nonmember workers subjected to this illegal discrimination,” commented National Right to Work Foundation President Mark Mix. “While union bosses were caught red-handed in this case, the situation highlights how workers less knowledgeable of their legal rights are susceptible to blatantly illegal tactics of power hungry union bosses.”
“The IAM union bosses’ willingness to violate longstanding law shows why all workers, including those in the Keystone State, need the protection of a Right to Work law,” Mix added.
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