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Can Forced-Unionism Apologists Handle the Truth?

In an op-ed published this week regarding a landmark legal case about to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court, Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of the University of California, Irvine School of Law and part-time pundit, gets one important thing right.…

Out-Migration of Residents From Forced-Dues States Accelerated Last Year

On December 22, a U.S. Census Bureau data release(see the first link below for more information) revealed an acceleration of the massive exodus of employees, prospective employees, and their families from forced-unionism states. This is an exodus that the Census…

Right to Work States Attract Job-Creating Investments From Abroad

Right to Work States Attract Job-Creating Investments From Abroad From 2007 to 2013, Total Employment at Majority-Owned U.S. Affiliates of Foreign Firms Grew by 14.4% in Right to Work States as Group, More Than Triple the Average Increase in Compulsory-Unionism…

NLRB: Longshoremans Union Broke Labor Laws

The National Labor Relations Board has ruled the Longshoremans Union (ILWU) has violated federal law with slowdowns and work stoppages which could cost union members millions of dollars and jobs. Rich Bowmer has the story on Jefferson Public Radio.org. Since…

None of the 14 States With Greatest Youth Population Declines Over the Past Decade Had a Right to Work Law Prior to 2013

By setting age-segregated U.S. Census Bureau population data released on December 22 (see the first link below) side by side with data found in Table 21 of the 2007 edition of the Statistical Abstract of the United States (see the…

Obama Broke Union Promises

Many rank and file, as well as union bosses, have been disappointed in President Obama’s actions after he enthusiastically courted Big Labor during his campaign but failed to deliver onmany of hispromises. Aaron Stanley has the story on polizette.com. President…

Another Endorsement for Bernie Sanders

Another endorsement for Democrat presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. D. Tuohy has the story in the New Hampshire Union Leader.com. Sen. Bernie Sanders is picking up another labor endorsement, this time from a union that represents about 1,600 in New Hampshire…

Sanders: The Difference Between Big Labor and Corporate Money

Bernie Sanders is willing to distinguish between Big Labor Money and Big Corporate Money, since the Communications Workers of America (CWA) are endorsing him for president. Sanders’rationalization carefully skirts the issue of forced dues dollars which CWA bosses collect. CWA…

If Teachers Have a Constitutional Right to Disagree Publicly With Union Negotiators, They Also Have a Right Not to Bankroll the Union

Among the many brazen power grabs, successful and unsuccessful, Big Labor has assayed over the years, a so-called “unfair labor practice” complaint filed by teacher union bosses against the City of Madison, Joint School District 8, with the Wisconsin Employment…

Pay will be diverted for Uber Drivers

In his guest column “Uber and other drivers want flexibility, not union bosses” [Opinion, Dec. 9], Michael Beckerman correctly highlights several reasons why the City Council’s ordinance to impose forced unionization on independent drivers is wrong for Seattle. Yet his…

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