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German union boss Detlef Wetzel of Germany’s IG Metall, compared nonunionized Southern states to North Korea. Huh? Yes. Holman Jenkins, Jr., has the story in the Wall Street Journal. North Korea? That’s the analogy Germany’s top labor leader recently…
One obvious, but often overlooked, fact about the unemployment trend in any one of the 50 states over time is that it is the result of two key inputs: employment growth, and labor-force growth. In America, people in general, and…
Union bosses are becoming disillusioned with President Obama’s actions. Steve Mufson and Tom Hamburger have the story in the Washington Post. Labor leaders who have spent months lobbying unsuccessfully for special protections under the Affordable Care Act warned this week…
State Representative Bill Lant, Chairman of the Workforce Development and Safety Committee intends to bring3 Right To Work before the legislature this session. Dave Horvath has the story in the Neosha News. District 159 State Rep. Bill Lant of Seneca…
James Minter, former union organizer, recounted a reign of terror for nonunion employers, including threatening letters and ruining expensive construction machines at nonunon sites. Phil Fairbanks has the story in The Buffalo News. James L. Minter III was at the…
The January edition of Labor Watch, published by the Washington, D.C.-based Capital Research Center, features a lead article and a sidebar by Institute Senior Research Associate Stan Greer regarding two important cases recently heard by the U.S. Supreme Court and…
Unions lash out at ObamaCare regs The Hill Online, January 29, 2014 In a letter dated Monday, leaders of major unions told Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) that proposed regulations for the…
Although National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation attorney Bill Messenger, argued the Harris v. Quinn last week, thereare somenew developments.The stateeither cannot oris not now willing to produce documents proving itverified that SEIU had majority support.Sean Higgins of the…
Supporters of the Common Core curriculum suddenly don’t want their names mentioned in President Obama’s State of the Union Address. Sean Higgins of the Washington Examiner, has the story. Common Core is attempt to create a standard national curriculum for…