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Oklahoma’s Economy Has Flourished Since Its Right to Work Law Was Upheld in 2003

  Guest column: Right to Work is no guarantee of economic success   Ever since formerly Big Labor-dominated Michigan became the 24th state to adopt a Right to Work law last month, union strategists have been plotting among themselves about how best…

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Senator DeMint Touts Effectiveness of Right to Work Laws

Former Senator Jim DeMint, always a staunch Right to Work supporter, comments on the economic success Right to Work laws bring to states. The Washington Post has the story: Conservative ideas work. Numerous states are demonstrating that low taxes, right-to-work…

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Union Boss Dennis Duffey Bullies Council President

Ohio State Building Construction Trades Council president Dennis Duffey uses bullying tactics, and forced dues, to ensure his City Council candidate wins the competition: The Toledo Blade has the story: A hot dispute between a local labor union boss and…

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Obama NLRB Appointee Indicted on Racketeering Charges

More indicaiton the Obama National Labor Relations Board exists to serve union bosses:  Lachan Mackay has the story in Free Beacon.com.  A recent lawsuit filed in a federal court in California alleges that National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) member Richard…

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Obama NLRB Serving Union Bosses Everywhere

More examples of how union bosses and their supporters don’t have their members’ welfare in mind.  The Obama NLRB has become Big Labor’s servant, sanctioning union violence and endangering workers testifying on behalf of their employers.  Labor Union Report Diary has the story:    Notwithstanding…

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Connecticutt Government Unions Take the Cake – and Everything Else

Connecticutt government unions and binding arbitrationhave conspired to deplete the state’s coffers through monopoly bargaining benefits. A stunning look at what taxpayers lose through binding arbitration. Zarchary Janowski has the story in Publicsectorinc.org. In the aftermath of Hurricane Irene in…

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Right to Work States Experiencing Population Influx

Sean Higgins, Senior Editorial Writer, Washington Times, has the story. With the exception of Washington, DC and Oregon, people are moving to Right to Work states and leaving those without Right To Work laws. United Van Lines, the moving and…

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Hilda Solis Failed Big Labor Bosses

Byron York, Washington Examiner, gives Hilda Solis the farewell she deserves after 4 years of using the Department of Labor to promote froced-dues, union boss mentality in an agency that is supposed to ensure all workers are able to work…

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Can an Even-Handed Government Labor Policy Be Worse Than a One-Sided Government Labor Policy?

End “Collective Bargaining Rights” and “Right-to-Work” Laws   Philosopher Roderick Long, a libertarian himself, has defined libertarianism as “any political policy that advocates a radical redistribution of power from the coercive state to voluntary associations of free individuals.”  If this…

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Federal Security Guard Union President Guilty of Theft, Fraud

Karl Horowitz, National Legal and Policy Center, has the story: On December 4, Gray-Burriss, founder-president of the National Association of Special Police and Security Officers (NASPSO), was found guilty by a jury in U.S. District Court for the District of…

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