Archive for August 2013
‘These Results Suggest Right-to-Work Laws Have a Positive and Sometimes Very Positive Impact on the Economic Well-Being of States and Their Residents’
Economic Growth and Right-to-Work Laws [Mackinac Center] Today many supporters and practically all opponents of Right to Work laws focus on the question of whether or not such statutes and constitutional…
Read MoreReeder: Unions promote unfair atmosphere in Illinois
Paul Kersey of the Illinois Policy Institute, has published a book explaining the weakening of union power in Illinois, a bastion of compulsory unionism. Scott Reeder has the story in…
Read MoreSan Bernadino Declares Bankruptcy
The California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) is protesting San Bernardino’s bankruptcy case, pointing out it’s their job to protect the pension fund.  Who protects taxpayers from CalPERS and union officials who…
Read MoreNILRR Weekly News Clips August 30, 2013
National Right to Work Committee to Hold Candlelight Vigil at AFL-CIO Headquarters Online candlelight vigil to commemorate victims of union violence being held at www.EndUnionViolence.com Washington, DC (August…
Read MoreFormer ‘Employee of the Month’ suing SEIU Local 620 over agency dues
With help from the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Rosemary Banko is standing up for her rights, which she claims were violated by SEIU Local 620. Amy Asman has the…
Read MoreBig Labor Spent $1.7 Billion on Electioneering & Lobbying in 2011-2012
(Labor Day Press Release) Big Labor turns focus further from “workplace representation†to electioneering (Washington, DC) – The National Institute for Labor Relations Research (NILRR) has released a new analysis…
Read MoreBig Labor Spent At Least $1.7 Billion in 2012 Election Cycle
Forced dues continue to finance union officials’ political spending spree and political influenced according to the National Institute for Labor Relations Research’s latest Fact Sheet.
Read MoreLabor leaders made case for Right to Work in New Hampshire
Tom Thomson has the story in seacoast.com In a recent opinion piece, the heads of the New Hampshire and North Carolina AFL-CIO chapters tried to make the case against bringing…
Read MoreBig Labor Milwaukee Mayor Admits Monopolistic Public-Safety Unionism Harmful to Taxpayers
Tom Barrett’s call to expand Act 10 offensive In the spring of 2012, Big Labor bosses in the Badger State rallied behind union-label Democrat Tom Barrett, the mayor of Milwaukee, who was…
Read MoreBig Labor Academic Wants to Have It Both Ways With Workplace ‘Majority Rule’
Charles J. Morris on Labor Relations For a decade or more, Charles J. Morris, professor emeritus at Southern Methodist University’s Dedman School of Law and a lifelong cheerleader for monopolistic…
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