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Operating Engineers’ Union Boss Indicted

A Business manager for Local of the International Union of Operating Engineers has been indicted on charges of money laundering, conspiracy and embezzlement. Thousands of dollars in forced dues were spent on personal items. Workers who believed union officials were…

2016: Right to Work For West Virginia?

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review’s editorial reviews the likelihood of West Virginia becoming the 26th Right To Work state while recommending Right to Work for Pennsylvania also. While union sentiment runs deep in The Mountain State, 80 percent of union members believe…

NILRR Right To Work Clipsheet December 11, 2015

Documents Show Teachers Unions Spent Millions on Luxury Hotels, Overseas Travel, Car Services The74Million.org, November 29, 2015 A cursory scan of the line items on the union’s annual financial filings shows that the American Federation of Teachers spent more than…

Mandatory Bar Doesn’t Aim to Prevent ‘Individual Attorneys’ From Getting ‘Better Terms Than Those Obtainable by the Group’

As I discussed last week in a blog post on this site (see the first link below),Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, a potentially landmark case scheduled to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court on January 11, has involved a…

Will Union Representation Destroy the UAW?

The Editor of Labor Union Report Online, speculates about the United Auto Workers’ union representation election win last week. Not surprisingly, the union won the largely symbolic vote 108-44. Also, not surprisingly, shortly afterward, the UAW urged the company to…

West Virginia May Beat Ohio and Kentucky with Right to Work

West Virginia may beat Ohio and Kentucky with a Right to Work bill which will be introduced next month at the beginning of the Mountain State’s legislature. Jason Hart has the story in watchdog.org. West Virginia Senate President Bill Cole…

NILRR Right to Work Clipsheet December 04, 2015

Worker files unfair labor charge against GM, UAW Detroit News Online, December 01, 2015 Daniel Lowery of Holly is claiming unfair labor practices against the three entities, according to a copy of the charges filed last week by the National…

Right to Work for Ohio?

Ohio legislators are once again presented with an opportunity to give Ohio workers workplace freedom. Jeremy Pelzer has the story on cleveland.com. A number of Republican leaders say they personally support House Bill 377, which would prohibit private-sector labor union…

Southworth Precedent Not Helpful For Forced-Union-Fee Proponents in Friedrichs Case

Today more than 20 states have laws on the books explicitly requiring all or some types of front-line public workers to pay dues or fees to a union they may not want as a condition of employment. And the vast…

Union Bosses – Get the Friedrichs Story Straight!

Terrence Pell, President of the Center for Individual Rights, corrects some of the falsehoods union bosses have been spreading about the Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association case currently before the Supreme Court.His letter appears in the Orange County Register.  …

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