Archive for June 2015
New Labor Scheme for Bernie Sanders
Labor for Bernie intends to engage rank and file union members to get out the vote for Bernie Sanders using forced dues to realize their goals. But it seems that only…
Read MoreAre Bosses Endangering Unions’ Relevancy?
Mary Kramer, Crain’s Detroit Business News, examines whether union bosses’ tactics are rendering unions more and more irrelevant. In a couple of weeks, the United Auto Workers and Detroit automakers…
Read MoreTen Forced-Unionism States Have Seen Their ‘Peak Earning-Year’ Population Fall By More Than 10% Over the Past 10 Years
Considered together, age-grouped state population data for 2014 released by the U.S. Census Bureau on Thursday and comparable data for 2004 show that, over the past decade, the total population…
Read MoreNILRR Clipsheet June 26, 2015
ALRB’s top lawyer named to governor’s staff Fresno Bee Online, June 24, 2015 Sylvia Torres-Guillen, 49, of Los Angeles will become special counsel to the governor. She had been the…
Read MoreThe Specter of Public Sector Unionism
Tom Patterson, former Arizona state senator, writes about the unchecked power of public sector union bosses and the consequences of it, in the Ahwatukee Foothills News Online. Government employment traditionally…
Read MoreRight to Work Helps Economic Recovery
Edward Lazear’s research shows that states with Right to Work Laws have fared better in the economic recovery that those without such laws. The story is in the Wall Street Journal…
Read MoreLabor Dept Pushes Unionization
Labor Union Report has an interesting story about Mary Beth Maxwell, who, prior to joining the Labor Department, served as an officer in the American Rights at Work, which attempted…
Read MoreWill the California Agricultural Labor Relations Board Go ‘Chavista’?
For several years, thousands of employees of Fresno, Calif.-based Gerawan Farming, the nation’s largest peach grower, have been trying to tell United Farm Workers (UFW) union bosses to go away.…
Read MoreMichigan Bill Addresses Union Official Time
Union bosses react to a bill submitted to the Michigan legislature that would put some control on release time for Michigan teachers and other public sector workers with the exception…
Read MoreNILRR Clipsheet June 19, 2015
Most of U.S. Manufacturing GDP Now Emanates From Right to Work States www.nrtwc.org, June 15, 2015 According to U.S. Commerce Department data released on June 10, last year a record…
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