Archive for February 2014
NILRR Weekly News Clips, February 28, 2014
Hofstra Univ. professor calls for “aggressive, illegal actions” in response to Harris vs. Quinn Illinoisreviewtypepad.com, February 23, 2014 CHICAGO – Yesterday, Dr. Alan Singer, a Professor of Secondary Education…
Read MoreSupreme Court Decision Justifies Union Violence
This Washington Times editorial explains how the Enmons Supreme Court Decision justifies union violence, and reviews the burning of a Quaker Church by THUGs. NILRR provided statistics for the article.…
Read MoreAFL-CIO Targeting 5 Governors
The AFL-CIO will target 5 governors who have supported efforts to free workers. Yolanda Weinberger has the story in Wisconsinfree.com. Five Republican governors who have supported legislation unpopular with labor…
Read MoreNY Teacher Union Defies Police, Protects Heroin-Using School Teacher; Parents Furious
Here’s another example of teacher union bosses protecting their own interests over that of the students and the public. It seems teacher union bosses of Fallsburg, New York, now have…
Read MoreIronworkers Local is Stuck at an Earlier Evolutionary State
Karen Heller delves into details of the Reign of Terror perpetrated by Ironworkers Local 401 bosses in the Philadelphia area, in Philadelphia Inquirer. The Ironworkers were such busy, industrious…
Read MoreRight to Work Kansas Is Eating Forced-Unionism Missouri’s ‘Economic Lunch’
Border-County Data Strengthen Case That Right to Work Law Would Boost Missouri’s Private-Sector Job Growth By Stan Greer (Download Pdf version of Fact Sheet) This winter, grass-roots proponents of making…
Read MoreUnion Political Power Stronger Than Ever
An editorial from the Orange County Register outlines why Big Labor must rely on its political power. Despite favoritism from the Obama administration – privileging the United Auto Workers over…
Read MorePro-Forced Unionism Columnist Bill Knight Begs a Key Question in the Harris Case
At the January 21 hearing in the U.S. Supreme Court case Harris v. Quinn, Justice Sam Alito repeatedly grilled Service Employees International Union (SEIU) lawyer Paul Smith about whether it…
Read MoreNILRR Weekly Newsclips February 21, 2014
Clock ticking for UAW to file objection in VW Chattanooga vote Times Free Press Online, February 19, 2014 Raudabaugh, who does work for the anti-union National Right to Work Foundation,…
Read MoreForced-Unionism States Were on Average 21% More Costly to Live in Than Right to Work States in 2013
Recently the Jefferson City-based Missouri Economic Research and Information Center (MERIC) published its latest set of comparative cost-of-living indices for the 50 states. Â (See the link below.) Â MERIC’s new indices…
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