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NRTW Foundation Argues Another Supreme Court Case

National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation attorney, Bill Messenger, explainsthe latest Supreme Court case brought by that organization.Bill McMorris has the story in the Washington Free Beacon. The Supreme Court will hear arguments about forced unionization among government workers…

Forced-Unionism Statutes Suppress Job Growth in Many Business Sectors, Including Traditionally Union-Free Ones

Today apologists for compulsory union dues and fees often suggest that, because only a little more than seven percent of private-sector employees in the U.S. are covered by a union contract according to the most recent available data, there is…

‘The Silent Majority Would Like to See Bankruptcy’

Famous fictional Scrantonian Michael Scott tried out an impromptu oral declaration of bankruptcy when he faced financial difficulties in Season Four of “The Office” (NBC-TV), but it turned out all he needed to do was to rein in his household’s…

‘[I]f You’re Looking at an Illegal Means and a Legal End, You’ll Be OK’

In a trial that began this week at a federal court in Buffalo, N.Y., union lawyers are insisting that a four-decade-old U.S. Supreme Court decision gives construction union bosses a license to use violence and threats as organizing tactics without…

Future Employees, Employers Are Migrating to Right to Work States

Compulsory-Unionism States’ ‘Under 18’ Population Is on Track to Plummet by 2.16 Million From 2010 to 2020 By Stan Greer (Click to download Adobe pdf file) U.S. Census Bureau data covering the period from July 1, 2010 to July 1,…

Families With Children Keep Fleeing Forced-Unionism States

Yesterday the U.S. Census Bureau offered a preview of its age-segregated population data for the 50 states as of last summer by publishing the voting-age (18 and over) and total populations for every state, the District of Columbia, and Puerto…

Right to Work States’ Population Growth Double That of Forced-Unionism States

For decades, far more people have been moving out of states where employees may legally be fired for refusal to pay dues or fees to an unwanted union and into Right to Work states than vice versa. During the Great…

Does UFCW Speak For Its Members?

UFCW union bosses are not practicing what they preach, according to a report by the Manhattan Institute’s Economics21 division. Here’s the story: The United Food and Commercial Workers union is funding campaigns to raise the hourly minimum wage to $15…

NILRR Weekly News Clips December 27, 2013

Federal Labor Law Is Anti-Free Speech NILRR, December 25, 2013 Now imagine that, after Smith has been formally seated on the council, you attend a public meeting sponsored by the mayor, as you always have in the past. But…

Did Michigan’s Climate Suddenly Get a Lot Better in 2013?

For many years prior to Michigan’s implementation of the 24th state Right to Work law this past spring, U.S. Census Bureau data and data from independent private sources such as the United Van Lines (UVL) moving company showed that far…

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