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Act 10 Allows ‘Good Teachers to Move to Districts That Can Provide a Better Opportunity’

For roughly half a century, government union bosses in Wisconsin wielded statutory power to act as public educators’ “exclusive” bargaining agents with school officials regarding matters of pay, benefits, and work rules. And for roughly four decades starting in 1971,…

Roads Worse in Forced-Unionism States

As the National Institute for Labor Relations Research reported early this year (see the first link below for more information), state and local taxes consume, on average, a 25% higher share of personal income in forced-unionism states than in Right…

Philadelphia Union Bully & Clinton Crony Breaks Electrician’s Nose

In a lawsuit filed early this week, Philadelphian Joshua Keesee, who owns and runs a small, union-freeelectrical contracting business, charges that union bigwig John Dougherty sucker punched him and broke his nosein January.When that failed to cowKeesee to Dougherty’s satisfaction,…

NLRB 3-0, Exclusivity a Thing of Value, No Forced Fees

Who benefits from the federal labor laws that authorize union officials to act as the “exclusive” (monopoly) bargaining agents of all the front-line employees in a business with regard to their pay, benefits, and work rules? Early this year, three…

Government Union Bosses Battle to Keep Massachusetts Teachers Under Their Control

From the 2000-2001 through the 2015-2016 school years, enrollment in charter schools across the U.S. skyrocketed from 400,000 to 2.9 million. During the 2015-2016 academic year alone, more than 400 new charter schools opened. Charters are public institutions that furnish…

Big Labor Pushed California Taxpayers Into $241,000,000,000 Hole

A detailed investigative report by Jack Dolan appearing this past weekend in the L.A. Times (use the link below to read the whole thing) shows how government union bosses have wielded their forceddues-derived political clout and their statutory monopoly-bargaining privileges…

Even Wall Street Isn’t Immune From Forced-Unionism Ills

Largely due to the inordinate clout of Big Labor’s forced union dues-funded political machine over New York’s elected officials, the Empire State’s employees, business owners, and other taxpayers have long been saddled with extraordinarily high taxes and excessive regulations. But…

Lose Your Freedom, Then Forfeit Part of Your Paycheck?

For decades, Right to Work supporters have known government-authorized “exclusive” union representation turns dissenting employees into Big Labor’s “captive passengers.” The employees’ personal liberty is denied. Legislation that grants agents of private organizations, known as unions, to exclusively negotiate with…

Big Labor Representation Without Benefit

Can Big Labor Representation That Cuts Your Pay Really Be a Benefit? Even Pro-Forced Unionism California Attorney General and U.S. Senate Candidate Kamala Harris Admits Labor Laws Give Union Bosses ‘Substantial Latitude to Advance Bargaining Positions’ That Hurt Talented Employees…

Faster Growth in Right To Work States Benefits

Right To Work States Benefit from Faster Growth, Higher Real Purchasing Power — Summer 2016 Update (click here to download and share the Right To Work States Benefit from Faster Growth, Higher Real Purchasing Power Fact Sheet) * The term…

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