Archive for January 2015
Lawmakers Should Respect Raisin Farmers’, and Workers’, Economic Liberty
During the Great Depression, the U.S. Congress enacted many laws intended to foster economic recovery by restricting marketplace competition. Today, there is a wide consensus among historians, economists, and political…
Read MoreUnions Fail to File in Time, Lose Representation
Two Wisconsin unions failed to file a timely petition to represent several government employees, as required by Act 10. The Wisconsin Public Relations Commission is sticking to its guns, and the…
Read MoreNILRR News Clips January 19, 2015
Public Unions vs. the Public Wall Street Journal Online, January 15, 2015 The facts: Public-sector unions are not underdogs. . . As Mr. DiSalvo shows, public-sector unions are also rich.…
Read MoreBest Available Evidence Indicates Right to Work Laws Foster Faster Growth in Employee Compensation
As I noted in a post on this web site last week, the editors of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel’s (MJS) editorial page admit that state Right to Work laws protect employees’ “freedom…
Read MoreIronworkers Boss Sanctioned Vandalism
FBI wiretaps reveal Ironworker boss Joseph Dougherty believed there were no limits to what could be done to stop employers from using nonunion workers. Joseph A. Slobodzian has the story…
Read MoreMichigan Justices Drill UAW Attorney
Michigan Supreme Court justices closely question a United Auto Workers (UAW) labor attorney’s challenge to the Right to Work Law. Chad Livengood has the story in The Detroit News.…
Read MoreTeamsters Fire Employee Joining Union
Union bosses don’t like practicing what they preach, as many teacher union employees will attest. In a classic case of, “Do as I say, not as I do,” a Teamster employee…
Read MoreSEIU Organizers Harass Before Vote
In an effort to ensure the vote went their way, SEIU organizers harassed and intimidated adjunct workers during a recent organizing campaign. Matt Lamb has the story in collegefix.com. Adjunct…
Read MoreNILRR News Clips January 09, 2015
The U.S. Supreme Court is One Decision Away from Curtailing Union Power in California Fox and Hounds Online, January 9, 2015 Last year marked a legal turning point for California’s…
Read MoreMilwaukee Journal-Sentinel Editors: Why the ‘Rush’ to Protect Employees From Being Forced to Pay Dues For Harmful ‘Representation’?
In an editorial this Tuesday (see the link below to read the whole thing) attempting to pour cold water on efforts to make Wisconsin the 25th Right to Work state,…
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