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Mike Nichols, president of the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute, makes the case for a Wisconsin Right to Work law. Even if you don’t pay the union, you’ll still be part of the “bargaining unit,” the union leaders would argue. You’ll…
Three more members of Ironworkers Local401have pleaded guilty to federal charges of racketeering, but the judge is refusing to accept the charges without further information. U. S. District Judge Michael Baylson, indicated he believed in “proportionality.” That is, the more…
To take an informed position in the rapidly heating up debate over whether Wisconsin should become the 25th Right to Work state, you need first to be aware of the fact that, under federal law, a private-sector employee in a…
Last week’s announcement from the National Center for Health Statistics that the number of births in the U.S. fell for the sixth year in a row has been recognized by a number of commentators of varying political stripes as a…
Rep. Chris Kapenga speaks with Nick Novak of the MacIver Institute about his plans to introduce a Right To Work bill in Wisconsin. “To me it is the single most important thing we can do to help move this economy…
New Jersey public sector pension funds are in trouble, now predicted to go broke in 10 years. John Reitmeyer and Melissa Hayes have the story in northjersey.com. [Governor Chris] Christie Christie believes these new figures, called “depletion dates” by analysts.…
Jason Hart, Ohio Watchdog, examines how WalMart obtained an injunction against union officials and paid agitators from demonstating in their stores, disrupting legitimate business. Hart also comments on other news media playing downunionparticipation in the protests. In a Nov. 24…
From the Office of Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) comes another report on your tax dollars at work – union work, as a matter of fact. The report’s findings are sobering. In the ten agencies sampled by GAO, official time hours…
Union Organizers, Not Actual Employees, Turn Out for Walmart Black Friday Protests My Freedom Foundation Online, December 3, 2014 Many of the same individuals appear repeatedly in the photos. All told, it appears that about 17 different individuals participated in…