Archive for October 2014
Opportunities For the ‘Middle-Educated’ and the College-Educated
NILRR Fact Sheet — College-Educated and ‘Middle-Educated’ Employee web Census Bureau Data Show That Non-Holders, Holders of Bachelor’s Degrees Are Flocking to Right to Work States By Stan Greer As…
Read MoreNILRR Clips October 31, 2014
After indictments, Ironworkers’ union staying mostly on electoral sidelines Watchdog.org, October 30, 2014 Formerly a heavy-hitter in Pennsylvania politics, at least in Philadelphia and its suburbs, Ironworkers’ Local 401 has…
Read MoreUAW Tricks Volkswagen Workers
Desperate for new sources of dues revenue, UAW union officials offering a “trick” to Chattanooga Volkswagen workers. Even Labor Secretary Tom Perez is getting in on the act, declaring the…
Read MoreIronworkers PAC Money Not Welcome
Workers who are forced to pay dues dollars to fund endorsements and support candidates they would not choose voluntarily, may be getting a break if they are nonmembers working under…
Read MoreBased on Demographics Alone, Poverty Should Be Higher in Right to Work States — But It’s Lower
If Right to Work laws had no economic impact whatsoever, the share of people residing in Right to Work states who are poor would surely be higher by roughly a…
Read MoreAnother Forced Unionization Scheme
SEIU makes no bones about their latest forced unionism scheme.  The campaign to increase the minimum wage really doesn’t have anything to do with increasing the minimum wage. Here’s a surprise…
Read MoreUnion Violence Rampant in Philadelphia
Union bosses in Philadelphia are being brought to justice after waging a war against nonunion workers and contractors in Philadelphia. Their deeds include arson and intimidation, sabotage and threats. Tim…
Read MoreAnother UAW Organizing Scheme
After their unsuccessful attempt to organize the Volkswagen automobile plant in Right To Work Chattanooga, UAW union officials are attempting another end-run around workers in Alabama. Patrick Rupinski as the…
Read MoreUAW Coercion in Right to Work Michgan
UAW union officials are stepping up their coercion and intimidation tactics now that Michigan’s Right to Work Law is allowing all workers to choose whether they wish to accept union…
Read MoreUnion Bosses Have Frequently Favored Schemes to Underfund Public Employee Pensions
In a column appearing in RealClearMarkets this past week (see the link below), Steven Malanga of the Manhattan Institute cites a new study by Moody’s finding that from 2004 to…
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