May 13, 2011 NILRR News Clips
Right to what?
Brattleboro Reformer, 5/12/2011
Some of those who support the right-to-work legislation
quote a study conducted by the
National Institute for Labor Relations Research that
concluded that right-to-work states
have job growth that is more than double than those with
forced dues.
Debt the Teachers’ Unions Cause Us
City Journal Online, 5/10/2011
California’s chronic fiscal crisis should prompt a
substantive debate about the limits of government and the folly of an expansive
welfare state. Instead, leaders of the 325,000-member California Teachers
Association are using the struggle to close the Golden State’s $15.4 billion
budget deficit as an opportunity for some political street theater.
Among the tactics union organizers contemplated: Attempting
to close a major freeway route; having students and parents picket and occupy
schools overnight; and protesting in front of recalcitrant legislators’ homes
and businesses. CTA planners also suggested some downright silly schemes, such
as turning fire or earthquake drills into “budget-crisis-response drillsâ€;
staging dancing contests to showcase the positive impact of teachers and the
arts on students;
Wrong to veto Lynch’s non-working excuses
Manchester Union Leader Online, 5/12/2011
The same goes for right-to-work laws. Where is the
compelling public interest in telling non-union employees they have to pay union
fees as a condition of employment? That’s in the union’s interest, not the
public’s
No-work and all pay at Ground Zero as rebuilding costs up $96 million under lax
union rules
New York Daily News Online, 5/08/2011
No-work jobs in a mob-linked union could add nearly $100
million to the public cost of rebuilding Ground Zero, a new report charges.
Citing NLRB Chairman’s View on Relocations, Solomon Considers Union Information
Rights
Daily Labor Report Online, 5/12/2011
National Labor Relations Board Acting General Counsel Lafe
E. Solomon is considering whether to propose a new legal standard covering union
information requests when an employer is deciding whether to relocate a plant,
according to a memorandum from NLRB Associate General Counsel Richard A. Siegel
to regional office employees.
Senate Panel Meets to Discuss Middle Class But Mostly Focuses on NLRB, Boeing
Dispute
Daily Labor Report Online, 5/12/2011
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee
set a May 12 hearing to consider the future of the U.S. middle class, but most
of the session was taken up with questions and debate over a National Labor
Relations Board proceeding involving America’s largest exporter, Boeing Co.
Tea Party Godfather Ron Paul running for President
Townhall.com, 5/13/2011
Texas Rep. Ron Paul announced Friday that he will run for
the GOP nomination for president in 2012, the third attempt for the man known on
Capitol Hill as “Dr. No” for his enthusiasm for bashing runaway spending and
government overreach.
Override is due
Fosters Online, 5/13/2011
Fortunately, the N.H. Senate passed the bill by a
veto-proof majority. Over in the House, approval was not as strong. But enough
members were absent the day the vote was taken to give hope of an override.
If for no other reason than to protect the rights of all
workers, New Hampshire should become the 23rd state to adopt Right to Work
legislation.
A Tale of Two Cities
kybiz.com, The Lane Report 5/2011
Public policies matter because they can reduce incentives
to utilize labor and capital, and therefore can act as restraints on economic
and population growth. High taxes, unless associated with improved
infrastructure that makes for higher productivity, can be expected to discourage
work, saving, investment and thus growth. Laws governing the employer-employee
relationship such as policies that encourage collective bargaining are likely to
increase wages and, unless associated with higher labor productivity, can be
expected to increase production costs and result in lower expected profit,
reduced business investment, and lower growth rates.
The Post-Wisconsin Game Plan
The Nation Online, 5/11/2011
With the right organizing push, unions can build a base
that forces Obama and the Democrats to take more progressive stands and to
govern accordingly.â€
Rather than a single-minded focus on electing Democrats—or
the rare friendly Republican—the idea is that more might be accomplished by
directing cash and organizing hours to (as one SEIU draft document suggests)
“mobilizing underpaid, underemployed, and unemployed workers†and “channeling
anger about jobs into action for positive change.â€
More than 80 threats made against Walker, lawmakers and others, records show
host.madison.com, 5/13/2011
The records cover 78 closed cases reviewed by the agency’s
Division of Criminal Investigation between Feb. 19 and March 25, including one
by a Department of Corrections employee who was arrested for disorderly conduct
for allegedly making a verbal threat to shoot Walker. DOC spokeswoman Linda
Eggert confirmed that the man, Jeffrey Renock, 37, is a correctional officer at
the Milwaukee Secure Detention Facility and made the purported threat while at
work.
Tenn. speaker rescues collective bargaining bill
Business Week, 5/12/2011
A proposal to limit teachers’ collective bargaining rights
squeaked out of the House Finance Committee on Wednesday after the House speaker
stepped in to once again cast a tiebreaking vote.
Boeing and the Union Berlin Wall
Wall Street Journal Online, 5/13/2011
The Obama administration’s National Labor Relations Board
filed a complaint last month against Boeing to block production of the company’s
787 Dreamliner at a new assembly plant in South Carolina—a “right to-work” state
with a law against compulsory union membership. If the NLRB has its way,
Dreamliner assembly will return to Washington, a union-shop state, along with
more than 1,000 jobs.
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