Archive for March 2012
Labor unions receive $14 Billion in dues per year from CBAs
The Institute received a question: How much dues income do unions receive? Based on available information, our conservative estimate and answer to the question is: U.S. labor unions receive at least $14 Billion from dues, forced-fees, and assessmentsper year via Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBAs). It is worth noting that dues and forced-dues are not the…
Read MoreNILRR Newsclips – March 30, 2012
Kill sneaky union dues gambit Detroit News Online, 3/27/2012 State lawmakers are on the verge of calling a halt to the questionable setup that has allowed the Service Employees International Union to extract nearly $30 million in dues from 40,000 Michigan providers of home health care since 2007. The Economic Freedom of Workers Enhances Prosperity…
Read More‘Little Davis-Bacon’ Laws Hurt Construction Employees and Taxpayers
The Kansas City Star reports today that Missouri legislators are considering a modest revision in the way “prevailing wages” on state and local tax-funded construction are calculated. The proposed change could help taxpayers get a somewhat better return on their dollar, but a much better move would be to scrap altogether the “little Davis-Bacon” law…
Read MoreCompensation Growth Far Faster in Right to Work States
[singlepic id=1 w=320 h=240 float=left] Today the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis posted annual personal income data for 2011 on its web site. The data show that Right to Work states continue to enjoy a substantial income growth advantage over forced-unionism states. The Right to Work growth advantage is especially strong when it…
Read MorePro-forced unionism boilerplate
The screed linked below, by Big Labor Minnesota state Sen. John Marty (DFL-Roseville, pictured) is a typical example of pro-forced unionism boilerplate. Sen. Marty simply assumes ALL employees subject to union monopoly bargaining thereby “benefit” economically. He offers no proof of that. And no wonder. Even Richard Rothstein, a research associate for the Organized Labor-allied…
Read MoreSally Coomer Testified of Stated Endorsed SEIU Abuse
Fromthe House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: On February 8th, three of these workers testified before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform about how forced political contributions violate their freedom and rights. [vsw id=”gAnT8OrMdak” source=”youtube” width=”425″ height=”344″ autoplay=”no”] Sally Coomer: “We were required at the end of 2009 to quit our agency…
Read MoreVoluntary unions serve workers, not bosses
From the Washington Times OpEd by NILRR Expert Stan Greer: Ending compulsory unionism returns focus to members’ needs At the beginning of February, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels signed into law H.B. 1001, a measure prohibiting union officials from taking money from employees’ paychecks as a condition of getting or keeping a job. Indiana thus…
Read MoreNILRR News Clips – March 23, 2012
Hospital Union Officials Face Federal Charges for Disclosure Malpractice nrtw.org, March 23, 2012 With free legal assistance from the National Right to Work Foundation, Donna Von der Lieth of San Ramon filed the charges with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Von der Lieth sent a letter to California Nurses Association (CNA) union officials resigning…
Read MoreNILRR News Clips – March 23, 2012
Hospital Union Officials Face Federal Charges for Disclosure Malpractice nrtw.org, March 23, 2012 With free legal assistance from the National Right to Work Foundation, Donna Von der Lieth of San Ramon filed the charges with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Von der Lieth sent a letter to California Nurses Association (CNA) union officials resigning…
Read MoreNILRR Newsclips 03 02 2012
GREER: Voluntary unions serve workers, not bosses Washington Times Online, 3/01/2012 Unfortunately, most media accounts adopted the rhetoric of union officials by characterizing Indiana’s new law as “anti-union.” If right-to-work laws are anti-union, so was Samuel Gompers, founder of the American Federation of Labor, the precursor to today’s AFL-CIO. At the 1924 AFL convention, Gompers…
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