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The State Thruway Workers’ Union president blasted a former union attorney for the theft of money from union workers. Union bosses routinely get away with collecting dues from workers without their permission every day, with no punishment.  At least the…
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Maggie Haberman, Politico.com, reports: The labor union AFSCME, along with SEIU and the pro-Democratic candidate House Majority PAC, are pooling resources for a $400,000, four-week ad buy against Iowa Rep. Steve King, officials said. King is facing a challenge from…
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What better way to relieve police and firefighter rank-and-file union members who are overworked? Send their union officials back onto the street. Camden, New Jersey’s mayor is putting a stop to “official time†for union officials on the city’s police…
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10 Worst-Rated States for Retirement – AARP Best and Worst States for Retirement 2011 – Money Rates Recently, Institute Executive Vice President and Treasurer Mark Mix called to my attention a short article that was posted on the web site of the American…
Read MoreFirst Amendment Equally Protects Rights of Independent-Minded Workers, Business Owners  Dissenting Workers Should Be Free to Refuse to Bankroll ‘Messages . . . Favored by a Majority’  (Download Fact Sheet) Last month, in his majority opinion in Knox v. Service Employees International…
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Jobs coming home http://bea.gov/iTable/iTable.cfm?ReqID=70&step=1&isuri=1&acrdn=1 If you relied on Capitol Hill politicians and union officials for all your information on manufacturing in the U.S., you might well believe it has been rapidly disappearing in recent years. But data from the…
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“The Right to Work”, by Ray Stannard Baker, McClure’s Magazine … Limitations on violence under law tested anew … – The Buffalo News Last week a Bloomberg commentary by Elizabeth Tandy Shermer, a history professor at Loyola University Chicago, steered curious readers…
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Bill Hagarty writes about Tennessee’s Right to Work and other freedoms for both workers and businesses has boosted its place in the global market, as well as being the eighth state in recent job growth. Other states should sit up…
Read MorePublic Unions: The Largest Political Machine – Walter Russell Mead, TAI The perceptive public-policy and political commentator Walter Russell Mead has many good insights in a post today (linked above) for his blog on the American Interest web site. After recapping…
Read MoreMike Antonucci Looks at Membership Numbers After Officials “. . .Tried Every Tactic Imaginable†NEA had a total of 3,166,761 members of all types, of whom 2,807,332 were active and employed in the public school system. Be aware that these are…
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