Nevada Getting Dangerously Close to a Losing Bet

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From the Institute’s Stan Greer Op-Ed at the Reno Gazette Journal: With a matter of days left before the Nevada Legislature ends its session, national union officials visited the Silver State recently to lobby for more union monopoly power. Big Labor-backed proposals SB 135 and 459 would tighten union officials’ stranglehold over the provision of…

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USDOL Report Gives Inside Look at Johnny “Doc” Corruption Investigation

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For years federal investigators have been scrutinizing International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 98 officers’ management of its forced-dues filled union treasury.  Thanks to Local 98’s 2016 federal financial disclosure reports, we have a peek inside federal investigators’ concerns. (Note: At the time of publication of this post, IBEW Local 98 had not filed…

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Business Decisionmakers Lopsidedly Prefer to Hire in Right to Work States

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As seasoned supporters of the Right to Work cause already know, there is a mountain of evidence indicating that laws and legislation authorizing and promoting compulsory union financial support as a job condition are economically harmful. One particularly powerful example is the survey of CEOs from around the country that Chief Executive magazine annually conducts. The…

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