Archive for January 2013
Worker Advocate Files Brief in Dispute in Michigan Public Projects
Union bosses seek to uphold discriminatory system in awarding public contracts National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation attorneys have stepped in to promote freedom in the latest Michigan union boss debacle,…
Read MorePurpose of Right to Work Laws Isn’t to Hurt (or Help) Unions
California Leading Unionized Job Growth The U.S. Labor Department reported on Wednesday that the number of union members nationwide fell by 400,000 from 2011 to 2012, and the share of workers in…
Read MoreCounty declines to bargain with AFSCME for now
After passage of Wisconsin Act 10,Columbia County officials have agreed they have no mandate to bargain with the former exclusive representative, AFSCME. County officials, it seems, are finding it effective…
Read MoreRight to Work a Moral Issue for Pennsylvania
National Right to Work Committee’s Justin Davis explains why a Right to Work law must be a legislative priority in Pennsylvania. Jacob Perryman, Times Observer, has the whole story: State…
Read MorePhyllis Schlafly – Union Political Spending in 2012
Phyllis Schlafly, on moralliberal.com comments on union bosses’ use of forced dues to elect President Obama to his second term. Today we are inaugurating Barack Obama for his second term. Let’s talk…
Read MoreKansas Union Members Are Still Getting a Bum Deal
Big Labor’s power in many states is so great it can make the government do its bidding, and make it virtually impossible for workers to resign their union membership. Even…
Read MoreDemocrats’ Labor Piggybank Returns
Big Labor’s threat to pull funds from Democrats was only a lovers’ quarrel. LaborPains.org has the story: This summer, organized labor went out of its way to say it was…
Read MoreTeamsters Union Accuses Minnesota Father, Son of Embezzlement
Teamster union bosses have done it again, allegedly syphoning money from rank and file forced dues. Nataleeya Boss has the story in the Twin Cities Business Magazine Online, January 17, 2013.…
Read MoreRight To Work Coming to Pennsylvania
Could Pennsylvania be the next Right To Work state? John Luciew has the story at Pennlive.com. Right-to-work legislation — legally clearing the way for workers to hold union-represented jobs without joining unions or…
Read MoreBasketball Union Boss Played Fast and Loose with Rank and File
Basketball Union Executive Director Billy Hunter managed to get his own contract approved without rank and file sanction, a violation of the union’s constitution. And rank and file basketball players…
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