April 2013

Unions Continue End Runs Around Wisconsin Act 10

Public employee union bossescontinue “business as usual” even after Wisconsin’s Act 10 has been upheld, and eliminates bargaining on anythign other then wages for government employees. Government union bosses, however, think the law is something made to be ignored, or, at the very least, cicrumvented. Daniel Bice explains the debacle in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.…

Can a Faithful Catholic Belong to a Union?

Can a Faithful Catholic Today Belong, in Good Conscience, to Any Large, U.S.-Based Union? By Stan Greer (click to download pdf copy) Few Democratic Party constituencies were quicker and more vociferous than the union brass in commending President Barack Obama’s announcement on May 9, 2012, endorsing state court decisions and statutes that change the traditional…

‘Step-Skipping’ at the Big Labor-Funded Economic Policy Institute

Evidence in Medicine: Correlationand Causation – Science-Based… Thecompensation penalty of “right-to-work” laws | Economic Policy… In economics, controlled experiments are nearly always impractical. Observations have to made in the real world, rather than under laboratory conditions. Specifically, assessments of the economic impact of state Right to Work laws, which prohibit the firing of employees for…

Anti-Right to Work Campaign in Ohio Roughs up the Truth

Courtney Johnson commentary: Should Ohio voters support a right … While the importance of and need for an Ohio Right to Work law are now being recognized by more and more citizens, grass-roots proponents have yet to agree about what is the most promising approach for reaching their objective. Nevertheless, Big Labor is getting worried that the Buckeye State…

NILRR Weekly News Clips April 26, 2013

New Twinkie Maker Shuns Union Labor Wall Street Journal Online, April 25, 2013 Chief Executive C. Dean Metropoulos said the company will pump $60 million in capital investments into the plants between now and September and aims to hire at least 1,500 workers. But they won’t be represented by unions, including the one whose nationwide…

Right to Work Legal Foundation Aids Unwilling Union Members to Recoup Close to $1 Million in Dues

Union bosses continue to abuse workers’ rights by simply ignoring the law. National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation attorneys are helping workers who were unwilling to continue union membership during a strike to recoup a fine of almost $1 million against Local 851 of the International Association of Machinists. Cindy Wojdyla Cain has the…

General Assembly should pass Right-To-Work legislation

Brian BollmanBollman,, Southeast Missourian, asks why all workers have not joined a union if unions are so great. The Missouri Legislature is considering SB29, which would give public employees a right to choose whether labor unions can withhold dues or use fees for political purposes. The CWA Union response email: ” … it is a…

New Right to Work Law Appears to Be Boosting Employee Compensation in Indiana

Rally held to stop right-to-work legislation It was just 15 months ago that Indiana legislators approved, and then-Gov. Mitch Daniels signed into law, a measuring prohibiting the termination of private-sector Hoosier employees for refusal to pay dues or fees to an unwanted union. Big Labor bosses melodramatically proclaimed it was a dark day for Indiana. Passage of…

What Does the Two-Faced UAW Hierarchy Really Think About Right to Work Laws’ Impact on Their Union?

SPARK Magazine – Issue 1 (Fall 2012) Should Michigan become a ‘right-to-work’ state? UAW … – MLive.com This spring, top bosses of the United Auto Workers union (UAW/AFL-CIO) are waging an intense and lavishly financed effort to gain monopoly-bargaining power over motor-vehicle assembly employees at the Mercedes-Benz factory in Vance, Ala. Alabama has had a Right to Work…

NILRR Weekly News Clips April 19, 2013

Can Autoworkers Union Bosses Really Kick the Job-Killing Habit? Don’t Bet On It! www.nilrr.org, April 14th, 2013 UAW seeks toehold in South with Tennessee Volkswagen plan Writing in George Mason University’[…] Record Indicates Right to Work Law Would Economically Benefit Missouri Employees, Businesses www.nilrr.org, April 12th, 2013 House Makes History Regarding Right To Work Legislation …