Archive for August 2014
Forced Union Dues For Detrimental ‘Representation’
An article I recently contributed to The Federalist web site (see the link below) attempts to separate fact from fiction regarding government union officials in the U.S. and how they…
Read MoreNone of the 12 States With the Greatest Total Public Debt Per Capita Has a Right to Work Law
For several years now, the nonpartisan taxpayer watchdog group State Budget Solutions (SBS) has been issuing annual reports on state finances that present “an all-inclusive view of state obligations not…
Read MoreNILRR: 12 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT GOVERNMENT UNIONS
Long after the pro-union monopoly National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) was adopted in 1935, even strong supporters of this statute rejected the appropriateness of attempting anything analogous in federal, state, or local government. …
Read MoreWhy Do New York City Union Bosses Oppose Safer Pensions For Their Members?
In city after city where government union bosses acquired monopoly power to negotiate public employee, pay benefits, and work rules several decades ago, looming public pension shortfalls represent a grave…
Read MoreNILRR Clips August 15, 2014
Poll Shows State Supports Philosophy Behind ‘Right-To-Work’ ctnewsjunkie.com, August 15, 2014 A poll of 500 residents, conducted in July by Google Consumer Surveys, found that 75 percent of respondents said…
Read MoreNILRR Clips August 8, 2014
National Right to Work Supreme Court Victory Forces SEIU to Abandon Forced Dues Demands in Illinois, Minnesota, & Massachusetts nrtw.org, August 5, 2014 “Thanks to a National Right to Work…
Read MoreNILRR Clips August 1, 2014
Labor leaders say from now on union organizing will be different People’s World Online, July 31, 2014 When he came out of a closed door session of the council here…
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