Posts Tagged ‘Wall Street Journal’
NILRR Right to Work Clips March 10, 2017
“Backfire” Possible, says Right to Work Group Alton Daily News Online, March 07, 2017 Regardless, NRTW President Mark Mix said the real possibility of a strike means the union, which…
Read MoreStrikers Follow Replacement Workers
While the practice is legal, the practice has some customers wary. Zolan Kanno-Youngs has the story in the Wall Street Journal Online. Jane Clausen got more than she bargained for this week…
Read MoreDuke Nontenured Faculty Unionize
While some nontenured faculty at Duke University may have voted to unionize, those who do not not wish to join cannot be forced to because of North Carolina’s much cherished…
Read MoreUAW Attempts Chattanooga Again
UAW union officials are once again attempting to organize the Volkswagen automobile factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The first attempt to organize the plant in 2014 failed, but UAW officials are back for another round. Christina…
Read MoreRight to Work Helps Economic Recovery
Edward Lazear’s research shows that states with Right to Work Laws have fared better in the economic recovery that those without such laws. The story is in the Wall Street Journal…
Read MoreIllinois Pension Reform Dead
The Illinois Supreme Court has blown government employee pension reform efforts out of the water, claiming it violates the state constitution. Taxpayers will continue to be on the hook for…
Read More‘It’s So Old-Fashioned, It’s A Brand New Idea’
(National Institute for Labor Relations Research Fact Sheet) Recent State Election Returns Indicate Support For Right to Work Is an Increasingly Valuable Political Asset By Stan Greer On June 5, 2012,…
Read MoreMichigan Right to Work Law Frees Workers
The Wall Street Journal reports how workers in Michigan left the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) in droves after passage of the 2012 Right to Work law passed in Michigan. …
Read MoreNLRB Certifies Vote Rejecting UAW
Tennessee’s Chattanooga Volkswagen plant workers won a victory as the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) certifed election results from a February vote which rejected representation by the United Auto Workers…
Read MoreThe Really Big Money? Not the Kochs
Wall Street Journal’s Kimberly Strassel on union political spending and forced dues. It’s an extraordinary thing, in a political age obsessed with campaign money, that nobody scrutinizes the biggest, baddest,…
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