Archive for February 2016
Government Union Bosses’ Gloating Is Premature
Just a few short weeks ago, in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s hearing of oral arguments of a landmark case challenging forced financial support of government unions on First Amendment grounds, observers of the High Court overwhelmingly agreed it was poised to bar compulsory dues and fees in the public sector by a…
Read MoreDockworker Slowdown Costs $77 Million
Breakdowns in negotiation of a monopoly bargaining contract has resulted in a slowdown at West Coast ports that has lasted more than a year. Washington state has lost approximately $77 million in business due to the slowdown. Andrew Soergel has the story in US News and World Report Online. “This value represents the sum of…
Read MoreRight to Work Attorney Defends Wisconsin Right to Work Law
Today, veteran National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation staff attorney Milton Chappell will defend Wisconsin’s Right to Work law in Dane County Circuit Court against a lawsuit filed by International Association of Machinist (IAM) union lawyers. Chappell represents four Wisconsin employees who believe they should not be forced to pay union dues to keep…
Read MoreUnion Boss Clashes with Nonunion Contractor
Nonunion contractor Joshua Keesee claims John J. Dougherty broke his nose and hit him in the eye in an incident on February 21 of this year. Dougherty, Business Manager for the notorious International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 98, is also a prominent Philadelphia politician who hashelpedmany politicians. Craig R. McCoy, Mark Fazlollah and Dylan…
Read MoreNILRR Right to Work Clipsheet February 19, 2016
Union Fees Case is Not Over Legal team plans to move for Friedrichs case to be re-heard Center for Individual Rights www.cir-usa.org, February 17, 2016 The Court could decide on its own to set the case for re-argument next term. If instead it issues a 4-4 decision, the lawyers for Friedrichs plan to file…
Read MoreForced-Unionism States Far More Costly to Live in
Recently the Jefferson City-based Missouri Economic Research and Information Center (MERIC), a state government agency, published its latest set of state comparative cost-of-living indices. (See the link below.Because late 2015 data for New Mexico could not be obtained, it is excluded.) MERIC’s new indices estimate the average annual cost of living in 2015 for each…
Read MoreNILRR Right to Work Clipsheet February 12, 2016
National Right to Work Committee Congratulates West Virginia on Becoming 26th Right to Work State nrtwc.org, February 12, 2016 “Today marks a tremendous victory in the fight to protect every West Virginian’s right to get or keep a job without having to pay union dues or fees. With the House of Delegates and Senate…
Read MoreUAW Violates Right to Work Law
United Auto Workers union bosses ignored the Hoosier state’s Right to Work Law by forcingTropicana casinodealerWillieSmith to join United Auto Workers Local 3048. National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation attorneys have filed suit on Smith’s behalf. Chris Cheney has the story on www.nrtw.org. In late January 2016, a union official told Smith that…
Read MoreFederally-Imposed Forced Union Dues Are Unconstitutional
More than 70 years ago, whenSteele v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad came before the U.S. Supreme Court, there was no federal law prohibiting race-based job discrimination perpetrated by employers or other private parties. As a consequence, the railroad executives who were the principal defendants in this case were able to contend that a racially discriminatory…
Read MoreRight To Work Advantage – 2016 Growth & Purchasing Power Update
Right to Work States Benefit From Faster Growth, Higher Real Purchasing Power — Winter 2016 Update
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