Archive for October 2017
Mark Herring Sided With Big Labor Against Individual Constitutional Rights
For 70 years, Virginia’s Right to Work law has prohibited the firing of employees for refusal to join or pay dues and fees to a union they never invited and don’t want. This freedom from union coercion is overwhelmingly popular with the citizens of the Old Dominion, and savvy politicians know it. Even union-label candidates…
Read MoreNILRR Right to Work News October 20, 2017
Illinois loses Toyota-Mazda plant because of right to work www.ilnews.org, October 19, 2017 Patrick Semmens with the National Right to Work Defense Foundation says it’s not just Toyota and Mazda that’s passing over Illinois. He said many job creators simply won’t look at a state that doesn’t give workers a choice if they want to…
Read MoreNILRR Right to Work News October 13, 2017
Change of Course Expected at NLRB freebeacon.com, October 12, 2017 Patrick Semmens, spokesman for the National Right to Work Foundation, called Griffin’s tenure “a disaster for the rights of independent workers who don’t want to associate with a labor union” and said Robb’s appointment is “critical” to winning balance on the board. Flight Attendant: Southwest,…
Read MoreNILRR Right to Work News September 29, 2017
U.S. Supreme Court Agrees to Hear First Amendment Challenge to Forced Union Fees for Government Workers The following press release was issued this morning in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s announcement today that it is granting a writ of certiorari in Janus v. AFSCME, Tim Meads Coverage on Janus Cert. Grant by Maddy Joseph…
Read MoreMonopolistic Unionism Linked to Higher Teacher Absenteeism
One typical effect of union monopoly bargaining in all kinds of workplaces, but especially in the public sector, is to make it very difficult for the employer to reward good employees or to discipline employees who slack off. A recent study by Thomas B. Fordham Institute’s senior research and policy associate David Griffith furnishes a…
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