Employer of Veterans Wins Fight With Union Over Worker Rights

MADISON, Wisconsin—A small businessman who employs fellow veterans fought back against big labor and won.

Scott Flaugher’s win in court eventually could be a victory for the freedom of workers and the right to work movement nationwide.

Flaugher, owner of Colgate-based Veterans Electric, in large part prevailed in a lawsuit against the electrical contractor brought by administrators of various trust funds for union employees of his company.

The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District in Milwaukee, was part of a union harassment and intimidation campaign against Veterans Electric and its nonunion employees, Flaugher says.

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