Archive for April 2012
NILLR New Clips – April 27, 2012
A One-Sided ‘Right’ to Unionize?! LaborUnionReport.com, April 9, 2012 A guest commentary by Stan Greer, senior research associate for the National Institute for Labor Relations Research The claim that there is…
Read MoreBig Labor’s Latest Specious Attack on Wisconsin Governor
Unions vs. Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker: It’s All About Jobs States and selected areas: Employment status It’s hard to believe that, only a year ago, Big Labor was attacking…
Read MoreMonopoly Bargaining Strips Employees, Not Union Bosses, of ‘Valuable Rights’
Union: Right-to-Work Law Like Slavery Top officials of the suburban Chicago-based Local 150 of the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE/AFL-CIO) are coming in for some well-deserved mockery for outrageous…
Read MoreOklahoma Economy Rides the Right to Work Freedom Wave
Oklahoman Op-Ed by Stan Greer: A little more than nine years ago, the Oklahoma Supreme Court rejected a two-year-long campaign by labor union lawyers to get the state’s right-to-work law…
Read MoreMitigating the Damage Done by Union Monopolists
Removing Union Wage Ceilings – By James Sherk – The Corner … For many years now, Right to Work supporters have striven to focus public attention on the fact…
Read MoreNILRR News Clips – April 20, 2012
Mark Mix: Union muscling in to O.C. hospital Orange County Register, April 12, 2012 Unknown figures entering your workplace through the back door without identification. Harassing late night phone calls.…
Read MoreTeacher Union Monopolists Keep Predators in Schools
They must go Monsters in the Classroom: NYC Teachers Union Reinstates Alleged … Apologists for Big Labor special privileges often suggest they are necessary to protect honest and hard-working employees. But…
Read MorePity the Poor Union Bosses
Right-To-Work Laws Make Unions Accountable, Not DOA The basic facts about state Right to Work laws aren’t in doubt. In the 23 states that now have such laws on the…
Read MoreRight to Work a ‘Policy For Growth’
Newly Released ‘Rich States, Poor States‘ Report Draws Attention … In the middle of this week, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) released the fifth edition of its “Rich States,…
Read MoreWill Big Labor Get Its Revenge in Wisconsin?
Roughly a year ago, Wisconsin and Ohio became the first two states to adopt statutes revoking government union officials’ power to force employees to pay union dues, or be fired,…
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