Posts Tagged ‘Right to Work laws’
Beware of the Dark Side of Union Hiring Halls
Independent nonunion workers are right to be wary when a union hiring hall controls who gets referred to jobs. The Dark Side of Union Hiring Halls video provides real stories of that risk, particularly focusing on the ongoing case of IUOE Local 926 versus Dennis Taylor & Co. workers Michael Mitchem, Billy Johnson, Chris Oaks,…
Read MoreA Reckoning on Campus: The Hidden Toll of Antisemitism and Forced Union Loyalty After October 7
Will Sussman’s – a Jewish doctoral student at MIT – fight against a union’s antisemitic stance exposes the deeper rot of compelled complicity in hate.
Read MoreRight to Work’s Job-Growth Edge: Almost 2-to-1
The 22 states* with Right to Work laws prohibiting forced union dues and fees on the books in 2009 enjoyed overall employment growth of 16.9% over the next decade.
Read MoreHISTORY 101 — Right to Work: A Winning Issue
(Originally published on January 1, 2002) For well over three decades, congressional debates and recorded votes on the Right to Work issue have consistently benefited proponents and harmed opponents in subsequent election campaigns. The inverse has proven equally true: Whenever federal politicians who publicly purport to support Right to Work have chosen, supposedly for “tactical”…
Read MoreKlobuchar Advocates Demise of Right to Work Laws
The California Democratic Party convention drew all 24 Democrat to San Francisco this week. While all were invited, only six of the 24 Democrat presidential candidates made a special visit to a Service Employees International (SEIU) meeting. Amy Klobuchar stumped the hardest, proclaiming her union pedigree and advocating for GETTING RID OF RIGHT TO WORK…
Read MoreForced-Dues State Households Have Less Real Income and more news
Forced-Dues State Households Have Less Real Income www.nilrr.org, October 22, 2018 MERIC’s annual data for 2017 show that, among the 14 states with the highest overall cost of living last year, not one has on the books and in effect a Right to Work law barring the termination of employees for refusal to join or…
Read MoreForced-Dues State Households Have Less Real Income
Higher Costs for Consumers Translate Into Lower Living Standards for Employees and Everyone Else [download fact sheet here] In California, the erstwhile Golden State, K-12 educators obviously recognize that they don’t live so well relative to educators in other states. That’s why Big Labor-controlled California’s teachers are fleeing to other states in droves. From 2003…
Read MoreNILRR Right to Work News Clips February 23, 2018
Does the NLRB’s Inspector General Have a Double Standard for When Board Members Must Recuse? The Federalist Society Online, February 22, 2018 Raymond J. LaJeunesse In short, IG Berry has broadly construed the recusal requirements for Member Emanuel, but did so only narrowly for former Member Becker. Moreover, Berry’s citation of Becker’s Service Employees Local…
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Worker Files Opening Brief in Janus v. AFSCME Supreme Court Case Seeking to Strike Down Forced Union Fees National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, November 29, 2017 Today, attorneys for Illinois public servant Mark Janus filed the first merits brief in the Supreme Court case, Janus v. AFSCME. The brief asks the High Court…
Read MoreMonopolistic Unionism Is Taxpayers’ Enemy
For the better part of a century, scientific opinion polls have shown that Americans overwhelmingly oppose compulsory unionism, and it is indisputable that, if union officials did not rely on laws authorizing the termination of employees for refusal to join or bankroll their organizations to maintain and expand their wealth and power, they would…
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