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Wisconsin: 25th Right to Work State?

Chris Kapenga, of Delafield, Wisconsin, is set to introduce a Right to Work when the legislature convenes in January. Todd Richmond has the story on Fox News.   A Republican lawmaker promised Tuesday to introduce a right-to-work bill, prompting warnings…

Philadelpia Teacher Union Monopoly Contract Cancelled

In an effort to improve underperforming schools, the Philadelphia school district has cancelled the monopoly bargaining contract with teachers in that district. Predictably, teacher union officials are grousing about the cancellations, but principals are loving it. Larry Sand, President of…

Does AFL-CIO Speak for Its Members?

The Laborers International Union ofNorth America (LIUNA) officials and union members currently find themselves at odds with its parent federation, the AFL-CIO, the largest federation of unions in the country. In 2005, The International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), Service Employees…

Nevada Nonunion Smear Campaign Uses Coffins, Threats

Dignity Health Medical Group hired a nonunion contractor to expand one of its hospitals in Clark County, Nevada. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers local 357 officials responded with a smear tactic campaign. Dignity hasfiled a lawsuit against the local’s officials.…

Walmart Workers Manifestly Reject Big Labor’s Class-Warfare Propaganda — And With Good Reason

Today the union-boss front group Our Walmart staged its third annual nationwide “Black Friday” protests against America’s largest retailer at more than 1500 store locations across the country. This year, once again, only a tiny fraction of the protesters were…

NAGE Union Benefits from Massive Payback

  Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick hustled 500 state jobs into the waiting arms of the National Association of Government Employees (NAGE) two weeks before the 2014 elections. Details are scarce. Sharman Sacchetti ahs the story on My Fox Boston. The…

UFCW Officials Plan Black Friday Protests

https://nilrr.org/wp-admin/post-new.phpHiding behind the name OUR Walmart, union officials are planning to disrupt Black Friday sales by engineering hundreds of protests across the country. While the name, OUR Walmart, implies the movement enjoys the support of Walmart employees, but the distinct…

SEIU Circumvents Supreme Court Ruling

In a blatant attempt to circumvent the Harris v. Quinn Supreme Court ruling, the Service Employees International Union has devised a scheme where Illinois home care workers are still required to listen to SEIU officials’ union membership pitch and receive…

Forced-Unionism States’ Unfunded Pension Liabilities Equal Nearly a Third of Their Combined GDP

A new report by State Budget Solutions (or SBS, see the link below) adds to the evidence that, as good as government union officials empowered with monopoly-bargaining and forced-dues privileges are at pushing for higher taxes, they are even better…

UAW Organizes Desperate Measures

United Auto Worker union bossesare seeking help from concerns outside the United States in their desperate attempt to bring Volkwagen workers under their thumb.In February, workers at the Chattanooga, Tennessee Volkswagen plant voted to eschew union representation, but UAW bosses…

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