Posts Tagged ‘Forced Union Dues’
STRANGLEHOLD: How union bosses have hijacked our government
Special Abridged Edition By: Reed Larson WHY DOES THE COST OF GOVERNMENT KEEP GOING UP AND UP? In Strangehold, Reed Larson reveals the astonishing story of how organized labor has acquired incredible, hidden power over most local, state, and national government in America. The results of this power grab include: Higher taxes on business and…
Read MoreThe Dark Foundations of American Labor Law: Government-Sanctioned Union Monopoly and Coercion
Petro’s theories rest on this bedrock: constitutional liberties are indivisible. There is no acceptable amount—not even a little bit—of loss of individual freedoms.
Read MoreRent-Seeking in America’s Labor Markets
Rent-seeking is one of the most destructive yet least understood forces in modern economies.
Read MoreRight to Work Destruction Has Hurt Michigan Employees, Families
In 2023, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Her Legislative Cohorts Put Union Political Contributions Over People Three years ago this March, Democrat politicians, wielding razor-thin majorities in the state House and Senate, rubber-stamped legislation to destroy the Wolverine State’s decade-old Right to Work law, knowing full well that fellow Democrat Gov. Gretchen Whitmer had vowed to…
Read MoreAnother Boilermakers Union Scandal – $20 million racketeering scheme
Union Bosses Plead Guilty: Millions Stolen from Hardworking Boilermakers: On March 17, 2026, former international president Warren Fairley and Cullen Jones (son of longtime boss Newton Jones) pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy and embezzlement charges stemming from a 15-year plot to loot union funds. Fairley alone must repay $221,348; Jones, $539,713.
Read MoreBanning Forced Union Dues Found to Increase Investment by 68-82%
The survey revealed that, by an 8:1 margin, registered voters agree that workers “should never be forced to join a union or pay dues to a union as a condition of employment.”
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 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 servant Mark Janus. Yet, just at the curb of the U.S. Supreme Court, it appears that the Justices’ Janus v. AFSCME decision is being brazenly…
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 Monopolistic Unionism Makes Schools Less Effective, More Expensive fact Sheet For many years, the vast majority of Americans have rated the performance of the public…
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