Archive for January 2014
January Issue of Labor Watch Highlights Two Important Supreme Court Cases Concerning Employees’ Personal Freedom
The January edition of Labor Watch, published by the Washington, D.C.-based Capital Research Center, features a lead article and a sidebar by Institute Senior Research Associate Stan Greer regarding two…
Read MoreNILRR Weekly News Clips January31, 2013
Unions lash out at ObamaCare regs The Hill Online, January 29, 2014 In a letter dated Monday, leaders of major unions told Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and House…
Read MoreProminent Editor: Public Sector Bargaining Not in Public Interest
Charles Lane opposes public sector bargaining as well as forced dues. Charles Lane is a Post editorial writer, specializing in economic policy, financial issues and trade, and a contributor to the…
Read MoreNew Development in Foundation’s Harris Case
Although National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation attorney Bill Messenger, argued the Harris v. Quinn last week, there are some  new developments.  The state either cannot or is not now willing to produce documents…
Read MoreCommon Core Supporters Shun Publicity
Supporters of the Common Core curriculum suddenly don’t want their names mentioned in President Obama’s State of the Union Address. Sean Higgins of the Washington Examiner, has the story. Common…
Read More‘Under 18’ Population of Forced-Unionism States Sank by Nearly 1.2 Million Over Past Decade
U.S. Census Bureau released early this month (obtainable in PDF form by clicking the link in the last paragraph of the news story linked below) and earlier Census Bureau data…
Read MoreSeven States With the Greatest Absolute Net Out-Migration From July 2012 to July 2013 All Lack Right to Work Laws
Late last week, a U.S. Census Bureau data release revealed a continuation of the massive exodus of employees, prospective employees, and their families from forced-unionism states. Â This is an exodus…
Read MoreNILRR Weekly News Clips, January 24, 2014
Unions Raise More than 80 Percent of Cash Raised for San Diego Dem National Review Online, January 20, 2014 Four out of every five dollars spent to support one…
Read MoreStudy reveals SEIU Took Millions from Caregivers
Millions of forced dues dollars have been siphoned into the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) from 2008 until 2013. Daniel Greenfield has the story in Frontpagemag.com. Elections aren’t cheap. Neither…
Read MoreUnion Bosses Pour Money into California Mayoral Campaign
Millions in forced dues are being poured into the San Diego mayoral race by union bosses. Mark Walker of UTSanDiego.com, has the story: Of the more than $3.3 million Alvarez and independent…
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