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 Opportunities For the ‘Middle-Educated’ and the College-Educated   

NILRR Fact Sheet — College-Educated and ‘Middle-Educated’ Employee web Census Bureau Data Show That Non-Holders, Holders of Bachelor’s Degrees Are Flocking to Right to Work States By Stan Greer As a number of workforce analysts have noted, one way in…

NILRR Clips October 31, 2014

After indictments, Ironworkers’ union staying mostly on electoral sidelines Watchdog.org, October 30, 2014 Formerly a heavy-hitter in Pennsylvania politics, at least in Philadelphia and its suburbs, Ironworkers’ Local 401 has spent far less during the 2014 election cycle than any…

UAW Tricks Volkswagen Workers

Desperate for new sources of dues revenue, UAW union officials offering a “trick” to Chattanooga Volkswagen workers. Even Labor Secretary Tom Perez is getting in on the act, declaring the U.S. will import German-style work councils. These co-called councils must…

Ironworkers PAC Money Not Welcome

Workers who are forced to pay dues dollars to fund endorsements and support candidates they would not choose voluntarily, may be getting a break if they are nonmembers working under the Phildelphia Ironworkers Local 401. Apparently the PAC doesn’t seem…

Based on Demographics Alone, Poverty Should Be Higher in Right to Work States — But It’s Lower

If Right to Work laws had no economic impact whatsoever, the share of people residing in Right to Work states who are poor would surely be higher by roughly a percentage point than the share of people residing in states…

Another Forced Unionization Scheme

SEIU makes no bones about their latest forced unionism scheme.The campaign to increase the minimum wage really doesn’t have anything to do with increasing the minimum wage. Here’s a surprise – it’s all aboutforced dues and forced membership. Brady Cremeens…

Union Violence Rampant in Philadelphia

Union bosses in Philadelphia are being brought to justice after waging a war against nonunion workers and contractors in Philadelphia. Their deeds include arson and intimidation, sabotage and threats. Tim Walker has the story in the Free Patriot. “The Helpful…

Another UAW Organizing Scheme

After their unsuccessful attempt to organize the Volkswagen automobile plant in Right To Work Chattanooga, UAW union officials are attempting another end-run around workers in Alabama. Patrick Rupinski as the story in tuscaloosa.com. The United Auto Workers adopted a new…

UAW Coercion in Right to Work Michgan

UAW union officials are stepping up their coercion and intimidation tactics now that Michigan’s Right to Work Law is allowing all workers to choose whether they wish to accept union representation. Kathleen Sulkowski, represented with free legal advice by the…

Union Bosses Have Frequently Favored Schemes to Underfund Public Employee Pensions

In a column appearing in RealClearMarkets this past week (see the link below), Steven Malanga of the Manhattan Institute cites a new study by Moody’s finding that from 2004 to 2012 unfunded liabilities in America’s biggest government pension funds nearly…

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