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Vermont Child Care Workers Could Be Forced to Pay Dues

Vermont House of Representativeshas passed a bill which would force child care workers to pay dues to a uinon in order to remain in business. The agency shop clause would be a mandatory subject for bargaining, which means union bosses…

Current UFW Union Bosses’ Disdain For Farm Workers’ Freedom Is No ‘Betrayal’ of Cesar Chavez

In a blistering op-ed (see the link below) published last week, Golden State commentator Steven Greenhut denounces the pro-forced unionism bureaucrats on the California Agricultural Labor Relations Board (CALRB) for trampling the rights of farm workers employed by a Fresno-based…

Wisconsin GOP Vote to Promote Right to Work and Charter Schools

While the Wisconsin state Republican convention voted to oppose Common Core standards in the Badger State, they also voted in favor of school choice and promoting a Right to Work Law. Marge Pitroff has the story in WUWM, Wisconsin’s public…

NILRR Weekly News Clips, May 05 2014

  Finally Free to Leave SEIU, Michigan Home Care Workers Do Exactly That openmarket.org, May 1, 2013 In short, a union-friendly administration created a state body to pose as the “employer” of home care workers receiving state assistance, and then…

In 2010 Alone, Forced-Unionism States Lost $11.5 Billion in Income Due to Net Out-Migration of Taxpayers

After a long delay, the IRS has finally released data regarding the fiscal impact on the 50 states resulting from the migration of taxpayers in 2010. Comparable data for 2011 are expected to be published soon. Drawing upon an analysis…

By and Large, Forced-Unionism States Tax More Because They Spend More

In an April 20 post, I referenced data from the Washington, D.C.-based Tax Foundation and from the U.S. Commerce Department to show that, in 2011, state and local taxes combined consumed 10.7% of personal income in the 28 states that…

NILRR Weekly News Clips April 26, 2014

UPMC employees, beware of card check Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, April 21, 2014 This is where the SEIU’s theatrics come in. The SEIU and its allies have repeatedly attacked UPMC in an apparent effort to force management to agree to a card…

Missouri UFCW Boss’s Apologia For Forced Unionism Misrepresents the Facts

A long article appearing in the Columbia Missourian yesterday (see the link below) about grass-roots efforts to make Missouri America’s 25th Right to Work state is a mixed bag. Reporter Casey Bischel uncritically repeats several standard Big Labor canards regarding…

NLRB Certifies Vote Rejecting UAW

Tennessee’s Chattanooga Volkswagen plant workers won a victory as the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) certifed election results from a February vote which rejected representation by the United Auto Workers union. National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation attorneys represented…

Maryland Longshoremen Officials File Assault Charges

Riker McKenzie and Daryl Willburn, both of International Longshoremans Association Local 33, have both filed charges alleging the other assaulted him. Kevin Rector has the story in the Baltimore Sun. Riker “Rocky” McKenzie, president of the International Longshoremen’s Association Local…

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