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…

NILRR 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…

Prominent Editor: Public Sector Bargaining Not in Public Interest

Charles Laneopposes 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…

New Development in Foundation’s Harris Case

Although National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation attorney Bill Messenger, argued the Harris v. Quinn last week, thereare somenew developments.The stateeither cannot oris not now willing to produce documents…

Common 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…

‘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…

Seven 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. This is an exodus…

NILRR 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…

Study 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…

Union Bosses Pour Money into California Mayoral Campaign

Millions in forced dues are beingpoured into the San Diego mayoral race by unionbosses. Mark Walker of UTSanDiego.com, has the story: Of the more than $3.3 million Alvarez and independent…