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Legislators in Missouri Take Aim at Union Dues New York Times Online, September 15, 2015 “I know we’ve flipped some,” said Greg Mourad, a vice president at the National Right to Work Committee, which supports the legislation. “Whether we’ve flipped…
National Right to Work Foundation staff attorneys have just filed an amicus curiae (‘friend of the court’) brief in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, urging the United States Supreme Court to outlaw forced union dues in the public sector. Nearly…
Labor Secretary Thomas Perez is using smoke and mirrors to make it appear union members make more than nonunion workers. Diana Furchtgott-Roth debunks the Labor Secretary’s fable about the earning power of union membership in the Manhattan Institute. . .…
As a number of media reports over the past few days such as the Breitbart account linked below have pointed out, the U.S. Supreme Court case in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, which the High Court agreed to hear back…
Right to Work, business-friendly Texas offers a sensible alternative to New Hampshire’s high taxes and lack of incentives for businesses. Andrew Cline has the story in the Wall Street Journal. Granite State Democrats are spooked by a man more than…
A chance to make union dues a choice The Supreme Court could end a corrupt practice of public-sector labor Washington Times Online, September 6, 2015 Mark Mix Thanks largely to favors granted by pliant politicians, government union officials enjoy extraordinary…
By Mark Mix September 6, 2015 The Gilded Age. The Spoils System. Tammany Hall. In American politics, corrupt bargains between politicians and their supporters are supposed to be a thing of the past. But in the public sector, a…
If you’re reading this, congratulations! You’re likely one of the millions of Americans living in one of 25 Right to Work states, including Oklahoma. You might not know it from Right to Work opponents’ heated rhetoric, but Right to Work…