Archive for November 2013
Sorry, Leo Gerard, Employers Can and Do ‘Bribe’ Union Bosses by Helping Them Seize Monopoly Power Over Employees
Six years ago, then-U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens recognized, in writing for a 7-2 majority in U.S. Chamber of Commerce v. Brown, that under federal labor law employees…
Read MoreGovernment Employee Pension Funds Force Bankruptcy
An editorial in USA Today reviews the bad news about government employee union pension funds, which are seriously underfunded in many cities and states. It is interesting to note that…
Read MoreOrganized Labor Looking to Defeat Ohio’s Governor in 2014
Vindy.com Fresh from the heady defeat of Toledo Mayor Mike Bell, Ohio labor union bosses are setting their sights on the 2014 gubernatorial race. Bell supported Governor John Kasich’s attempt to restrict…
Read MoreWisconsin Union Thugs Threaten Governor over Act 10
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker recounts the threats to his family’s safety after passage of Act 10, which severely limited the scope of monopoly bargaining for government employee unions, and gave…
Read MorePublic Servants Have Far Fewer Opportunities For Advancement in States With Pervasive Government Unionism
Most Americans today believe, with ample justification, that government is too big and tries to do too much, and therefore it may seem surprising at first that, according to new…
Read MorePennsylvania Teacher Union Officials Hurting Students
Matt Brouillette of the Commonwealth Foundation, demonstrates how teacher union officials are hurting students by preventing school reform, and pressing more and more teachers into paying for agendas they do…
Read MoreNILRR Weekly News Clips, November 15, 2013
U.S. Supreme Court To Consider Breaking Up The Union Boss “Neutrality Agreement†Racket biglaborbailout.com, November 13, 2013 It’s the little known Unite Here Local 355 vs. Mulhall…
Read MoreOther Things Being Equal, Poverty Is Clearly Lower in Right to Work States
If Right to Work laws had no economic impact whatsoever, the share of people residing in Right to Work states who are poor would surely be higher by roughly a…
Read MoreGerman Unions are Working with UAW to Organize Auto Industry
Auto factories in the South are facing an onslaught of organizing drives from the desperate United Auto Workers’ labor bosses. Now their efforts are being boosted by German auto workers,…
Read MoreIn Economics, Correlations in the Data Are Often the Best Evidence Available
This past week the National Institute for Labor Relations Research (NILRR) issued its latest analysis showing that, according to a host of economic indicators, having a state Right to Work…
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