February 25, 2011 NILRR News Clips
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Court Lets Stand Ruling Denying Appointment Of Right-to-Work Lawyers for Nonunion Class
The officers asked the Supreme Court to review the Second Circuit’s affirmance of the district court’s refusal to appoint their counsel, the National Right to Work Foundation, as class counsel under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(g) for a class consisting of all the union’s dissenting nonmembers statewide.
BECKNER: Teachers’ rights muzzled in union debate
Forced dues are serious money for the teachers unions. According to data compiled by the National Institute for Labor Relations Research in 2008, the two teachers unions – the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) – collected $2 billion in union dues in 2007 through their state affiliates. Out of that $2 billion, $1.3 billion came from states that allow forced dues.
How to Live Freer in New Hampshire
With all eyes on Wisconsin this past week, overlooked has been the conservative policy changes that are moving ahead in New Hampshire. In recent days the New Hampshire House, where the GOP controls nearly three-quarters of the 400 seats, passed a bill to repeal the state cap-and-trade law that imposes a tax on energy use and a bill to make New Hampshire a right-to-work state.
Democratic Gov. John Lynch has vowed to veto both bills, but my sources in Concord say there’s a chance that the vetoes could be overridden. Meanwhile, Republicans are also set to pass a spending reduction bill with the kinds of public sector pension reforms that have incited protests from the labor unions in the Midwest.
Scott Walker: It’s Possible to Vote on Collective Bargaining Without Senate Democrats
Wisconsin governor Scott Walker told THE WEEKLY STANDARD this evening that it is indeed possible for Senate Republicans to vote on the collective bargaining portion of his budget repair bill with a simple majority of senators present. “You could technically do it,†Walker told me, but he said he’s reluctant to do it. Why?
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