February 22, 2011 NILRR News Clips

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Your World With Neil Cavuto

Guest: well the first thing i tell people, it is not a public down but a government down. the public young makes it seem like it is you and me when the government unions frustrate people. Over the last couple of years, the polling we have done and you have a couple of slides, we have found there isn’t a significant difference and the American people are frustrated with both of them and for to kind of behavior, for teachers to go on strike, the public is saying, no way. in fact, a majority of union members themselves, if they had the chance would fire their own union bosses if they had that opportunity. 59 versus 27 percent if they thought they would not get caught wld fire their own unions according to a survey we to for the national right to work.

Indiana panel OKs labor bill as unions protest

Union supporters shouted “lie” and “shame” at members of a Republican-led Indiana House committee who voted in favor of so-called right-to-work legislation, after impassioned arguments that it was aimed at weakening unions and would drive down wages.

The House Employment, Labor and Pensions Committee voted 8-5 along party lines Monday to send to the full House the bill prohibiting union representation fees from being a condition of employment as is included in the

The party never stops. Russell Day flips and then he flops

Russell “Nightand†Day, the Republican rep from Goffstown, didn’t win too many friends when he joined the 40 GOPers in the GC who voted against the right to work bill supporters have been drooling over since the day after the November election.

Labor plans to rally against attack on collective bargaining

The AFL-CIO claims the National Right to Work Committee engineered the multi-state activity. Marks said the group actively promoted anti-union bills. The committee’s office was closed Monday and officials couldn’t be reached. Its webpage describes it as a non-partisan, nonprofit organization whose average contributions are $59

Wisconsin Union Battle Could Set Stage for National ‘Right-to-Work’ Debate

Currently 22 states have right-to-work laws, according to the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation. Research by the National Conference of State Legislatures shows that several states in New England and in the northern Midwest are now considering right-to-work proposals.

A space on the right

National Right to Work is mostly silent (their agenda is private sector). This week the NLRB vote and fight happened and groups were pushing that. But, of course, that’s all private sector.

State of the unions

The Journal-Gazette Online
2/22/2011

Indiana’s right-to-work debate part of broader nationwide push
Q. There was no discussion of right-to-work laws in the last election – why is it coming up now?

A. Credit the powerful National Right to Work Committee.

Its single aim is to fight compulsory union membership.

 

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