Archive for May 2013
Union Bosses Demand Nuclear Option On Obama’s Flawed NLRB & Labor Nominations
The potential for a Big Labor Payback is huge as Senator Harry Reid twists arms to get Thomas Perez nominated as Department of Labor. For more details, check out the…
Read MoreRight to Work States Offer Competitive Pay, Far Superior Job Opportunities For Teachers
Teacher Salaries By State | Average Salaries For Teachers … TeacherPortal is a website for people who are interested in becoming a teacher and for teachers who are eager to learn how…
Read MoreTeamsters back away from representing O’Hare janitors
It’s difficult to imagine union bosses backing down on an organizing campaign when they will force workers to join or support a labor union in order to keep a job. Dan…
Read MoreNILRR Weekly News Clips May 17, 2013
Contra Ezra Klein, Unions Spend Plenty on Politics Heritage.org, May 13 2013 The Washington Post’s Ezra Klein recently lamented that America has “a deeply unbalanced political system.†He highlighted…
Read MoreWould Washington Workers Really Rather Fail Than Switch?
While pundits believe Washington state will not pass it, a Right to Work bill has been introduced in the State. Labor bosses, leading legislators around by the nose, fiddle while…
Read MoreStudents Stop Teachers Union From Killing Their Education
A heartwarming story of courage as highschoolers wrest their band, and volunteer teacher from the jaws of the teacher union doomsday machine. Volunteers are the last thing unions want to…
Read MoreUnion Bosses Finance Politicians Because it Pays
James Sherk refutes Ezra Klein’s assertion that America has a “. . . deeply unbalanced political system . . .” by highlighting Big Labor’s ability to donate huge “in-kind” contributions…
Read MoreExactly How Does the Big Labor-Funded Economic Policy Institute Incorporate Interstate Differences in Living Costs Into Its Data?
State Rep. Ron Maag says employees earn more money in ‘right-to . Two years ago this February, the Washington, D.C.-based Economic Policy Institute (EPI), which acknowledges it gets a very substantial…
Read MoreFreedom of Association ‘Requires That Both Sides Be Heard’
Teamster Freedom of Association Hustle Early this week, the National Institute for Labor Relations Research had the honor of publishing “The Teamster Freedom of Association Hustle,” a new scholarly paper…
Read MoreLive Free or Move
John Stossel talks about why people are moving from forced-dues states to many Right to Work states even as the economy shows signs of strengthening in realclearpolitics. Forty-three million Americans…
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