Posts Tagged ‘Sean Higgins’
NILRR Right to Work in the News February 03, 2017
National right-to-work bill introduced in Congress Washington Examiner Online, February 02, 2017 Republican lawmakers introduced legislation Wednesday that would prohibit workers from being required to support a union, making right-to-work…
Read MoreHarris Decision Freeing Workers
The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation’s victory in the Harris v. Quinn case before the Supreme Court is freeing thousands of workers from having to pay tribute to…
Read MoreTeacher Tenure Found Unconstitutional
In California, it’s all about the students for once.  Things will soon change in the Golden State, renowned for its powerful teacher unions. Refusing to bow to this teacher union power, California Superior…
Read MoreTeamsters Trick Unsuspecting Worker into Signing
A cautionary tale about a worker who inadvertently signed cards supporting the Teamsters. Sean Higgins has the story in the Washington Examiner. Florida bus driver April Perez was a vocal opponent of…
Read MoreCommon Core Supporters Shun Publicity
Supporters of the Common Core curriculum suddenly don’t want their names mentioned in President Obama’s State of the Union Address. Sean Higgins of the Washington Examiner, has the story. Common…
Read MoreUAW and GM Strangely Silent on GM Stock Sale
Sean Higgins comments on the notable lack of response from the UAW and the AFL-CIO. The sale meant that taxpayers were losing $10 billion, so some extra justification was necessary. GM…
Read MoreSEIU Planning More Fast Food Demonstrations
It appears Service Employees International Union officials continue ploughing money and workers into an organizing campaign directed towards fast-food workers. These workers so far have not responded to the SEIU’s…
Read MoreNLRB Sanctions Payment for UFCW Protestors at Wal-Mart
In an unprecedented power play, the National Labor Relations Board has ruled the United Food and Commercial Workers bosses paying nonunion people to protest at Wal-Mart last year, was not…
Read MoreBig Labor Applauds Griffin’s NLRB Confirmation
It’s no wonder Big Labor is rejoicing at Richard Griffin’s confirmation as the National Labor Relations Board general counsel. Sean Higgins has the story in the Washington Examiner. The Senate…
Read MoreTrumka sees the Light — 30 years of Stagnation
The AFL-CIO has been toying iwth the idea of organizing nonunion workers for a while now. On Thursday, Richard Trumka announced intentions to put this idea into action by courting…
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