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As Right to Work initiatives gain momentum, union bosses and their allies use forced dues to keep workers in chains. Trey Kovacs has the story in workplacechoice.org. States considering adopting right-to-work legislation include Missouri, Ohio, and Oregon. In those states,…
One Breach of Basic Legal Principles Doesn’t Warrant Another www.nilrr.org, December 15, 2013 Unfortunately, in the U.S. federal labor policy routinely breaches the personal right to choose one’s own representative. If a majority of the front-line employees in a workplace…
California taxpayers are, once again, at the mercy of a union official who scoffs at the an audit of two non profit trusts he heads. Jack Dolan has the story in the Los Angeles Times. The politically powerful head of…
National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation attorneys are taking up the cause of auto workers who have been railroaded into union membership by the organizing activities taking place at a Tennessee Volkswagen plant. Chloe Morrison has the story on…
Mike Antonucci points out the holes in the Indiana State Teachers Association story on the collapse of its trust. The state of Indiana finalized a settlement with the Indiana State Teachers Association (ISTA) in which the union will pay $14…
One standard common-law principal is that anyone is entitled to choose who represents him or her on any matter of personal interest. Assuming your chosen representative agrees to represent you, the law respects your choice. Moreover, the choice of a…
Sean Higgins comments on the notable lack of response fromthe UAW and the AFL-CIO. The sale meant that taxpayers were losing $10 billion, so some extra justification was necessary. GM officials have taken a similar stance even as they say…
Mark Tapscott, Washington Examiner, reviews the federal government’s decision to rid itself of all of its General Motors stock, and examines the worth of this huge Big Labor Payback by the current administration. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew announced yesterday that…
Right to Work Foundation-won Eleventh Circuit ruling stands, putting at risk backroom deals between companies and aggressive union organizers Washington, DC (December 10, 2013) – Today, the United States Supreme Court announced that it “dismissed as improvidently granted”…