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Teacher Tenure Found Unconstitutional

In California, it’s all about the students for once.Things will soon change in the Golden State, renowned forits powerfulteacher unions. Refusing to bow to this teacher union power, California Superior Court Judge Rolf Treu found in favor of students who…

Pro-Forced Unionism Columnist Tries to Airbrush Rod Blagojevich Out of the Harris v.Quinn Case

One of the most-watched cases still to be decided in the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2013-2014 term is Harris v. Quinn, in which the plaintiffs are being represented by National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation attorneys. A ruling in Harris…

Union Bosses Reconsider Obamacare

After throwing their influence, and millions inforced dues, into the passage ofObamacare, union bosses are now rethinking that effort in light to the massive cost increases which have accompaniedits implementation. A Washington Examiner editorial takes a look at this new…

ILWU Bosses Found Guilty of Slowdowns

The National Labor Relations Board has found the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) guilty of intentional slowdowns at the Port of Portland. Joseph Rose has the story at the Oregonian. The 18-page decision, (PDF) written by administrative law judge…

NILRR Weekly News Clips June 03 2014

High Court Has Long Admitted Compulsory Payments to Government Unions May ‘Interfere . . . With an Employee’s Freedom to Associate’ On May 29, 2014, in News Clips, by Stan Greer There are many problems with rabidly pro-forced unionism California…

First Amendment Protects a Public Servant’s Freedom Not to Join — a Labor Union

Forty-five years ago this February, a federal court overturned North Carolina statutory provisions restricting municipal employees’ right to join, aid and assist labor organizations, finding them to be “an abridgment of the freedom of association protected by the First and…

More Threats for Nonunion Workers In Philly

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers 98 (IBEW) union bosses contine to picket a diner whose owner is using nonunion labor or a building site. Both customers and staff have suffered harassment by the picketers who are really protesting the building…

Government Unions May ‘Interfere . . . With an Employee’s Freedom to Associate’

There are many problems with rabidly pro-forced unionism California labor studies professor John Logan’s attack op-ed, published by The Hill today (see the link below), against the plaintiffs and the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation attorneys who have…

The Labor Union That Runs the Media

Cliff Kincaid reports on the Communicaitons Workers of America (CWA), union political activity, media bias and where CWA forced dues go, in the Canada Free Press. One of the major speakers at last week’s “New Populism” conference was Larry Cohen,…

Harris Decision is Imminent

The Supreme Court Case, Harris V. Quinn, brought by the National Right to Work Foundation,could decide the fate of public employees across America, and may be decidedby the end of the current week. The Constitution Center’s Nicandro Iannacci has the…

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