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Forced Political Contributions?

This Washington Examiner editorial explores union bosses’ power to force workers into paying for politics they do not support. How would you react if your employer informed you he would be taking a modest cut from your paycheck each month…

UAW Desperate to Keep Michigan Members

If a union is working for its members, those members will not want to resign. If it is not working for its members, they should not have to jump through hoops in order to resign. United Auto Workers Local 600,…

If It’s Selective, Then It Isn’t Really ‘Majority Rule’

Under the principles of limited government espoused by the American Founding Fathers who wrote and approved our Constitution two-and-a-quarter centuries ago and most Americans today, public decisions are generally made by majority rule, but private decisions are not unless all…

NILRR Clips October 10, 2014

Roy Exum: The UAW’s New Scab List The Chattanoogan Online, October 10, 2014 There is a special page that is popping up on union websites in right-to-work states such as Tennessee that is called “The Scab List,” according to an…

Pro-Union Monopoly New York Times Editors Flunk Constitutional Law

It can’t be a very common thing for the editors of the New York Times opinion pages to sound the alarm about a “dangerous” federal lawsuit that hasn’t even been heard yet. But the rabidly pro-Big Labor Times editors are…

2014 Labor Union Pension Plan Critical Status Notices

The National Institute for Labor Relations Research has updated its page listing the Critical Status Notices sent out by the U.S. Department of Labor to “multiemployer pension plans,” which are mostly controlled by Labor Union Officials. This year and several past years of status notices go to NILRR,org’s 2014 Pensions in Critical Status page.

Right to Work States Far Outpace Forced-Dues States in Net Growth in Businesses With 20 or More Employees

While small businesses with fewer than 20 employees constitute a critical part of the U.S. economy, they are not the principal source of jobs today or of job creation for the future. More than three quarters of all private-sector employees…

Do Benefiting From a Lower Cost of Living and Having More Kids Make You a ‘Free Rider’?

Last year, according to data reported in June by the U.S. Census Bureau, there were 4.62 children aged 17 and under for every 10 adults aged 25-64 living in the 24 states with Right to Work laws prohibiting forced union…

Fact Sheet: More Debt, Higher Taxes

Eight of the Nine States With the Highest Government Debt-to-Income Ratios Lack Right to Work Protections (Click to download fact sheet) By Stan Greer As many observers of Organized Labor have noted, there has been an enormous shift of power…

Fact Sheet: Forced Union Dues Fuel the Big Government Lobby  

Capitol Hill’s Top Recipients of Union-Boss Largesse Vote Consistently For Higher Federal Taxes, More Spending By Stan Greer This year, according to the Washington, D.C.-based Tax Foundation, Americans will fork over $3.0 trillion in federal taxes and an additional $1.5…

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