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Helping Workers RAISE Themselves Last month, Jim Hoffa effectively conceded that union bosses such as himself are standing in the way of higher compensation for many unionized employees. What rationalization, then, does he have left for retaining laws that authorize…
Read MoreJohn Hayward, in Human Events Online,takes Washington Post columnist Harold Meyerson to task for his failure to distinguish between coercion and voluntarism. Even Samuel Gompers, founder of the American Federation of Labor, which later merged with the Congress of Industrial…
Read MoreMichael Giles and Vincent Vernuccio explain: Why Unions Don’t Want Workers to Earn More: The RAISE Act would allow employers to give individual workers pay increases without going through a union. Despite the potential benefits to union members, unions have…
Read MoreFrom the point of view of union bosses, who now will no longer have free access to workers’ wallets: The Daily Caller Online, June 22, 2012 Having already experienced a continuous string of political setbacks at the state level, one…
Read MoreLabor’s Got to Get Serious About Amending to Overturn ‘Citizens… Last Friday’s blog post on the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Knox v. Service Employees International Union Local 1000 focused on just one of several interesting admissions in Justice Sam…
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Idaho State School Superintendent Tom Luna’s efforts to curb teacher union bargaining and bring common sense to education reform provoked retaliation. From the Wall Street Journal Online, June 25, 2012 Called “Students Come First,” it was a package of legislation…
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U.S. SC rejects union’s argument Legal Newsline.com, June 21, 2012 W. James Young, who argued the case before the court on behalf of the petitioners, was very pleased by the Supreme Court’s judgment. Young is an attorney with the National…
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Supreme Court Says Unions Can’t Bill Non-Members For Political Spending
Read MoreLawmaker continues to fight for Right to Work in New Hampshire From The Union Leader, June 20. 2012 House Bill 1666 would require the Joint Legislative Fiscal Committee to approve any contract negotiated with state employees. Lynch said the bill…
Read MoreA stunning victoryfor The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, nrtw.org, June 21, 2012 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 7-2 today, siding with nonmember California state employees challenging a Service Employees International Union (SEIU) political fee charged to…
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