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WEAC’s Not the Only One

Apparently other Wisconsin public sector unions are reeling from the curtailment in the scope of monopoly bargaining (Act 10), as reflected in the staggering membership losses experienced by other public sector unions. Robert Samuels comments in the Washington Post. Walker…

WEAC Scrambles for Power

Passage of Act 10 gave Wisconsin teachers the power to refrain from supporting or joining a teachers’ labor union in order to get or keep a job. With a 50% loss in membership, the Wisconsin Education Association Council is turning…

New Mexico Citizens Want Freedom

New Mexico citizens are coming our strongly in favor of a Right To Work law, according to a recent poll. Ellen Marks has the story in the Albuquerque Business Journal. A strong majority of New Mexico voters favor the underlying…

Hey, Union-Label Politicians: Federal Policy Already ‘Inserts Itself’ Into Private-Sector Labor-Management ‘Agreements’

Ever since Congress adopted the Norris-LaGuardia Act and Republican President Herbert Hoover signed it into law in 1932, federal policy has explicitly declared that private-sector workplace contracts in which employees agree not to join or financially support a union in…

NILRR News Clips February 20, 2015

VW recognizes anti-UAW worker group ACE at Tennessee plant Reuters.com, February 16, 2014 Volkswagen AG (VOWG_p.DE) said on Monday it had recognized a new group called the American Council of Employees to represent workers at its auto assembly plant in…

West Virginia May Reform Prevailing Wage

Hoppy Kercheval, West Virginia Metro News Online, discusses the economic impact of the state’s prevailing wage law, and the importance of SB 361, a bill which would modify the current law. West Virginia State Code 21-5a, enacted in 1933 and…

Wisconsin Right to Work Bill Considered

Steven Walters predicts the Wisconsin legislature will seriously consider the Right to Work Bill during this session. The list of other major decisions that Republican legislators will be making–and many of them in the next few months–is stunning: — Right-to-work…

Why Missouri Right to Work Bill May Stall

Trey Kovaks, workplacechoice.org, explains why some Missouri Democrat legislators are doingall they can to keep a Right to Work law from passing in Missouri. Despite the compelling evidence that right-to-work improves workers’ quality of life, Democrats will continue their efforts…

Illinois Governor Frees State Employees

Scott Reeder, veteran statehouse reporter, comments on Governor Bruce Rauner’s executive order freeing Illinois state employees from paying forced dues.The order was prompted by the Supreme Court Harris v. Quinn case,brought by National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation. This…

NILRR News Clips February 13, 2015

Illinois Governor Fights Forced Unionism Western Journalism.com, February 11, 2015 Patrick Semmens of the National Right to Work Foundation commented on Rauner’s executive order: “This executive action is a bold step to protect the rights of Illinois state employees from…

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