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Collectivism Forever: Union Bosses Stymie Efforts to Raise Workers’ Wages

Michael Giles and Vincent Vernuccio explain:  Why Unions Don’t Want Workers to Earn More: The RAISE Act would allow employers to give individual workers pay increases without going through a union. Despite the potential benefits to union members, unions have…

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Major Union Feels Sting of SCOTUS

From the point of view of union bosses, who now will no longer have free access to workers’ wallets:   The Daily Caller Online, June 22, 2012     Having already experienced a continuous string of political setbacks at the state level, one…

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Why Presume a Union Nonmember Wants to Bankroll Union Politics?

Labor’s Got to Get Serious About Amending to Overturn ‘Citizens … Last Friday’s blog post on the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Knox v. Service Employees International Union Local 1000 focused on just one of several interesting admissions in Justice Sam…

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Violence Accompanies Efforts to Curb Teacher Monopoly Bargaining Power in Idaho

Idaho State School Superintendent Tom Luna’s efforts to curb teacher union bargaining and bring common sense to education reform provoked retaliation. From the Wall Street Journal Online,   June 25, 2012     Called “Students Come First,” it was a package of legislation…

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Newsclips – June 22, 2012 Commemorating The Knox Decision – National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation

U.S. SC rejects union’s argument Legal Newsline.com, June 21, 2012          W. James Young, who argued the case before the court on behalf of the petitioners, was very pleased by the Supreme Court’s judgment. Young is an attorney with the National…

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Supreme Court Admits Its Long-Standing Assent For Forced Union Dues Is an ‘Anomaly’

Supreme Court Says Unions Can’t Bill Non-Members For Political Spending   In a case argued and won by National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation attorney James Young, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled yesterday that the First Amendment rights of California…

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New Hampshire Right to Work Still Pursued, Bargaining Bill Vetoed

Lawmaker continues to fight for Right to Work in New Hampshire From The Union Leader, June 20. 2012 House Bill 1666 would require the Joint Legislative Fiscal Committee to approve any contract negotiated with state employees. Lynch said the bill…

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Developing: Supreme Court Strikes Down SEIU Scheme to Force California Nonunion State Employees to Fund Union Politics

  A stunning victory for The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, nrtw.org, June 21,  2012          The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 7-2 today, siding with nonmember California state employees challenging a Service Employees International Union (SEIU) political fee charged to…

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3 Fallacies in Obama’s Public-Sector Stimulus Strategy

  reason.com,   June 19, 2012      Poor President Obama. Life under the White House klieg lights must seem soooo unfair. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has been saying since last year that although “private-sector jobs have been doing just fine,†public-sector jobs…

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Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels Weighs in on Government Employee Unions

  Netrightdaily.com, June 14, 2012      Should public sector unions be abolished? One governor seems to think so. “I think really government works better without them. I really do,†said Indiana Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels appearing on Fox News Sunday with…

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