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Case ID: 4625 | Employment | 01/25/2006
Five North Carolina employees of commercial truckmaker Freightliner have filed a federal lawsuit against the United Auto Workers (U-A-W).
The lawsuit alleges that union officials and company managers agreed to wage and benefit cuts at nonunion plants in North Carolina in 2002 in exchange for valuable company assistance in organizing the workers. The National Right to Work Foundation says the law bars employers from delivering "things of value" to unions. "To get help in coercing thousands of workers into union ranks and to obtain at least $1 million in annual dues revenues, UAW officials sold out the very workers they sought to represent," said a vice president of the foundation. The lawsuit seeks class-action status. It claims both the U-A-W and the Oregon-based Freightliner violated the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Practice Act.
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