Archive for January 2013
New Jersey Senator: Pro-union bill benefits no one
Gerald Cardinale, Republican State Senator from New Jersey, explains why he opposed a PLA bill for Hurricane Sandy recovery. PLAs swell project costs because they eliminate competition. ON JAN. 14,…
Read MoreTaste of the Future
John Podhoretz puts a new angle on the New York City bus strike, predicting other cities will experience the same sort of trouble as public sector union bosses lose more…
Read MoreFederal Court Upholds Wisconsin Governor’s Public-Sector Unionism Reforms
National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation President Mark Mix comments on federal court reaffirmation of Wisconsin’s government union reforms in Wisconsin, as reported in Green Mountain Scribes. With free…
Read More‘States Are Under No Obligation to Aid the Unions in Their Political Activities’
The Vindication Of Act 10 On January 18, a panel of judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit unanimously rebuffed a bid by Wisconsin Education Association…
Read MoreCourt gives Simon Campbell access to salaries for state college professors
Simon Campbell, founder and president of stopteacherstrikes.org, union boss crtitic, and Pennsbury school board member, wins a battle for the public, requesting information about the negotiation process at Pennsylvnia universities. An independent futures…
Read MoreFirefighters’ labor dispute reaches absurd low
It is normal for union bosses to ask for more and more and more, not only for their members, but for themselves. But pushing the envelope in Right to Work…
Read MoreProfiting on Disaster: NJ Senate Votes To Exclude Non-Union Construction Workers For Hurricane Sandy Work
Nonunion contractors and workers don’t stand a chance with this bill. Labor Union Report has the story: A bill that was authored by an Ironworkers’ union organizer to expand union-only…
Read MoreNILRR Clipsheet January 18, 2013
Sean Higgins: Richard Trumka for Labor Secretary Washington Times, January 15, 2013 When Labor Secretary Hilda Solis announced her resignation last week, my Washington Examiner colleague Philip Klein quipped…
Read MoreJudge Dismisses Indiana Right to Work Challenge
The legal challenge to Indiana’s Right to Work Law, barely a year old, has been stopped dead in its tracks. Tom Davies has they story in the Associated Press. A…
Read MoreIdaho’s Experience Since 1986 Bodes Well For Michigan’s Economic Future as a Right to Work State
UAW Chief: Right-To-Work Will Be Overturned Right to Work legislation was approved by the Michigan Senate and House and signed into law by Gov. Rick Snyder more than a month ago, but…
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