Archive for May 2019
Nevada Getting Dangerously Close to a Losing Bet
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…
Read MoreUSDOL Report Gives Inside Look at Johnny “Doc” Corruption Investigation
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…
Read MoreBusiness Decisionmakers Lopsidedly Prefer to Hire in Right to Work States
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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