Posts Tagged ‘forced union dues’
Right To Work vs. Forced- Unionism States Analysis Spring 2020 Update
National Institute for Labor Relations Research provides a new update to its semi-annual report comparing Right To Work States vs. Compulsory Unionism States. (Click here to download a PDF copy of the 2020 Spring Right To Work Benefits analysis.)
Read MoreMetro Union Bosses Accused of Ignoring Janus Rights, Still Forcing Dues in Nation’s Capital
It’s been more than four months since Right to Work staff attorney Bill Messenger led a legal team and argued before the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of Illinois civil…
Read MoreBig Labor has “a Substantial and Statistically Significant Negative Relationship With Student Achievement”
Monopolistic Unionism Makes Schools Less Effective, More Expensive ‘[Coercive] Union Strength Variable . . . Has a Substantial and Statistically Significant Negative Relationship With Student Achievement’ Click to download the…
Read MoreSo-Called ‘Duty of Fair Representation’ Is No Excuse For Forced Union Dues
In a recent commentary for the Conservative News Service, I explain how union propagandists routinely misrepresent U.S. Supreme Court and other federal court decisions concerning the “duty of fair representation.” Led…
Read More‘More Energetic and Lower-Paid’ Teachers Get Thrown Under the Bus
Today more than 30 states have laws on the books empowering government union bosses to speak for all public servants who choose not to join their organizations as well as…
Read MorePension Crisis a ‘Direct Consequence’ of Union Bosses’ ‘Enormous Political Power’
In a commentary for the New York Post published late last week, American Enterprise Institute adjunct scholar Mike Lilley, tersely describes the horrendous fiscal crisis in which the Garden State finds…
Read MoreMost-Indebted States Favor Forced Dues
A recent report by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) adds to the evidence that government union officials endowed with monopoly-bargaining and forced-dues privileges routinely wield them to jack up…
Read MoreUnion Militants Chortle about Justice Scalia’s Death
Union bosses love collecting forced union dues and fees from employees, and loathe people who get in their way, or even signal they might get in the way. Â That’s why,…
Read MoreMandatory Bar Doesn’t Aim to Prevent ‘Individual Attorneys’ From Getting ‘Better Terms Than Those Obtainable by the Group’
As I discussed last week in a blog post on this site (see the first link below), Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, a potentially landmark case scheduled to be heard by…
Read MoreA Trillion-Dollar, Federal Taxpayer-Funded Bailout For Government Union Bosses?
It is well-documented that public-sector union officials who are empowered with monopoly-bargaining and forced-dues privileges routinely wield them to jack up governments’ long-term spending commitments. Moreover, as a consequence of…
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