Archive for June 2014
Big Labor Badger State Gubernatorial Candidate Accused of Playing ‘Russian Roulette’ With Taxpayers’ Money
Within the next few weeks, the Wisconsin Supreme Court is expected to issue a decision regarding whether key provisions of the three-and-a-half-year-old budgetary and public-labor-policy reform known as Act 10…
Read More‘Overall Success of Progressive Politics’ Is No Concern of Public Labor Policy
Rock-ribbed proponents of the American employee’s personal freedom to join or not a join a union and dyed-in-the-wool advocates of compulsory unionism alike are anxiously awaiting the outcome of the…
Read MoreRight to Work States Now Dominate U.S. Automotive Manufacturing
Though the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis has yet to issue its estimates for manufacturing output of motor vehicles, bodies and trailers, and parts manufacturing in the 50…
Read MoreUAW President – No Concessions
New UAW president, Dennis Williams, facing declining membership and a recent failed organizing campaign, vows to tolerate no concessions in future negotiations. United Auto Worker rank and file members believe Williams can…
Read MoreSauk Prairie Union Contract Could Cost Taxpayers
The school board of Sauk Prairie, Wisconsin, has ignored stipulations of Act 10 and taken up a potentially illegal monopoly bargaining union contract. If enforced, the contract could once again…
Read MoreNILRR Weekly Clips June 13, 2014
NASA Employee Given the Runaround by Own Union Washington Free Beacon, June 11, 2014 Walsh and the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation (NRTWLDF) are now fighting to overturn…
Read MoreLabor Department Funds Union Apprenticeship Program
Taxpayers, through the Department of Labor, could be sponsoring union organizing under the auspices of an apprenticeship program to train home care workers. These apprentices are likely to be forced…
Read MoreUnion-led Demonstrations Barred
Courts are increasingly finding union-led demonstrations violate numerous laws. Ryan Williams has the story in The Hill. Last year the state’s Benton County Circuit Court issued a restraining order prohibiting the…
Read MoreVeterans Administration “Official Time” Employees To Return To Work
Congressman Jeff Miller, Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans Affairs (VA), has requested that all VA employees performing “official time” or union work, return to tending to VA affairs. With 271…
Read MoreTeacher Tenure Found Unconstitutional
In California, it’s all about the students for once.  Things will soon change in the Golden State, renowned for its powerful teacher unions. Refusing to bow to this teacher union power, California Superior…
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