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Cost of Living4th Quarter 2012 Recently the Jefferson City-based Missouri Economic Research and Information Center (MERIC) published comparative cost-of-living indices for the 50 states covering the fourth quarter of 2012. (See the link above.) The National Institute for Labor Relations…
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In a stunning reversal, Big Labor puts individual choice before the “collective good” when it comes to organizing marijuana growers. Jillian Kay Melchior has the story in National Review Online today. Dropping membership is the waking nightmare of American unionism. To…
Read MoreMark Mix, President of the National Right ot Work Legal Defense Foundation, comments on a victory for workers in Massachusetts. Ira Kantor has the story in the Boston Herald. Workers caught in a battle between a local union and Lynn-based…
Read MoreJURIST – Forum: ‘Right to Work’ in Michigan: Depleting Unions… Union officials and their academic allies understand, just as well as other Americans do, that a dollar doesn’t go nearly as far in forced-unionism New York as it does in…
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Workers win settlement against activist union Boston Herald.com, February 14, 2013 Workers caught in a battle between a local union and Lynn-based Complete Cleaning Inc. have won a federal settlement from the union after officials illegally claimed to have…
Read MoreThe National Institute for Labor Relations Research has tracked violence incidents since 1975. While much of their information comes from news media accounts, it is obvious that many incidents go unreported, even to police, out of fear of retaliation. Union…
Read MoreIf passed, Anchorage Mayor Sullivan’s proposed law could ban strikes and work disruptions, and limit unions’ monopoly power over government employees. Matthew F. Smith has the story at KTVA TV online. Late Friday afternoon the mayor’s office submitted a proposed…
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Rand Paul introduces National Right-to-Work Act On January 31, U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and 10 0riginal cosponsors introduced legislation that would restore an important personal freedom for millions of American employees. Sen. Paul’s S.204, also known as the National Right to…
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Steve Malanga tells the story of the largest government union pension fund – CalPERS, in the City Journal. After spending years dogged by unpaid debts, California labor leader Charles Valdes filed for bankruptcy in the 1990s–twice. At the same time, he held one of…
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