Archive for July 2012
Right to Work States Are Great Places to Retire — And to Raise a Family
10 Worst-Rated States for Retirement – AARP Best and Worst States for Retirement 2011 – Money Rates Recently, Institute Executive Vice President and Treasurer Mark Mix called to my attention a short article…
Read More‘Shroom Producers Get 1st Amendment Rights, not U.S. employees
First Amendment Equally Protects Rights of Independent-Minded Workers, Business Owners  Dissenting Workers Should Be Free to Refuse to Bankroll ‘Messages . . . Favored by a Majority’  (Download Fact…
Read More‘Expect Firms Both American and Foreign to Look to Open Plants’ in Right to Work States
Jobs coming home http://bea.gov/iTable/iTable.cfm?ReqID=70&step=1&isuri=1&acrdn=1 If you relied on Capitol Hill politicians and union officials for all your information on manufacturing in the U.S., you might well believe it has…
Read MoreUnion Violence, Then and Now
“The Right to Work”, by Ray Stannard Baker, McClure’s Magazine … Limitations on violence under law tested anew … – The Buffalo News Last week a Bloomberg commentary by Elizabeth Tandy Shermer,…
Read MoreTennessee’s Right to Work Law Makes it a Good Bet for Business
Bill Hagarty writes about Tennessee’s Right to Work and other freedoms for both workers and businesses has boosted its place in the global market, as well as being the eighth…
Read MoreFight Over the Future of Government Unions ‘May Be the Most Important Political Battle’ in the U.S. Today
Public Unions: The Largest Political Machine – Walter Russell Mead, TAI The perceptive public-policy and political commentator Walter Russell Mead has many good insights in a post today (linked above) for…
Read MoreMike Antonucci Looks at Membership Numbers After Officials “. . .Tried Every Tactic Imaginable”
Mike Antonucci Looks at Membership Numbers After Officials “. . .Tried Every Tactic Imaginable†NEA had a total of 3,166,761 members of all types, of whom 2,807,332 were active and employed…
Read MoreLarry Sand: The Nation’s Biggest Union Finds Itself in a Big Hole and Keeps Digging
With his impeccable insight, Larry Sand has tied up the problems with the NEA into a neat little package. He references two of the most notable names in education reform…
Read MoreLabor Emancipation No Imposition on States’ Rights
FACT SHEET July 6, 2012 ‘Freedom Rests on Choice, and Where Choice Is Denied Freedom Is Destroyed as Well’ (Download .pdf file click here) S.2173 and H.R.2040, the National Right…
Read MoreThe Best Government Money Can Buy – The Top Union-Paid Politicians
Did you ever wonder where your taxpayer money goes, what union bosses do with all the forced dues they demand? US Action News examines public and private sector union political…
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