Posts Tagged ‘Union Violence’
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 MoreOrganized Labor’s Violent Privilege: The Supreme Court Loophole Shielding Union Officials from Prosecution
Introduction Sixty years after the New Deal empowered organized labor, union officials and agents enjoy a legal distinction shared by no other class of American citizens. Under federal precedent, they can often destroy property, assault workers, threaten communities, and even commit murder with reduced risk of serious prosecution — as long as the acts advance “legitimate union…
Read MoreDo Union-Backed Pressure Campaigns Systematically Dismantle Campus Security Measures at Major Universities?
Labor organizations and allied advocacy groups are trying to leverage contract demands and public campaigns to weaken campus surveillance, remove police, and block law enforcement cooperation — with what appears to have been deadly consequences at Brown University. A coordinated campaign by labor unions, their affiliated organizations, and so-called “progressive” advocacy groups appears to have…
Read MoreAbolish the NLRB — The Kohler Strike – Union Violence and Administrative Law by Sylvester Petro
Abolish the NLRB — The Kohler Strike – Union Violence and Administrative Law by Sylvester Petro
Read MoreNILRR Right to Work News August 24, 2018
Seattle Housekeeper Asks NLRB to End Obama-Era Policy Blocking Secret Ballot Vote to Remove Union www.nrtw.org, August 24, 2018 The UNITE HERE Local 8 union was installed at the hotel through an oft-abused “card check” drive, which bypasses an NLRB-supervised secret ballot election. Gladys Bryant, a housekeeper at the hotel, led a group of other…
Read MoreNILRR Right to Work News August 17, 2018
After Supreme Court labor union ruling, non-members want dues payments back Fox Business News Online, August 16, 2018 In California, the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation is representing a class-action lawsuit of more than 30,000 workers who are suing the Service Employees International Union and seeking reimbursement. The vice president of that organization,…
Read MoreNILRR Right to Work News August 03, 2018
US Supreme Court ruling in union dues impacts case in Oregon kveo.com, July 30, 2018 Debora Nearman, a systems analyst with the Department of Fish and Wildlife, said in her lawsuit filed in April in federal court that the state’s practice of forcing her to pay fees to fund union activity violated her First Amendment…
Read MoreNILRR Right to Work News March 23, 2018
Featured Video – I Was a Union President. Now I Support Right to Work capitalresearch.org, March 20, 2018 Ben Johnson spent the last decade as treasurer and then president of AFT Vermont, the state affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers, the second-largest teachers union in the country. For three of those years, Johnson also…
Read MoreNILRR Right to Work News Clips March 16, 2018
Right to Work States Hold 2:1 Job-Growth Advantage Over Forced Union States CNS News Online, March 14, 2018 The 22 states that already had Right to Work laws prohibiting forced union dues and fees on the books back in 2007 enjoyed overall household employment growth of 8.8 percent over the next year. Meanwhile, aggregate employment…
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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