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The AFL-CIO has been toying iwth the idea of organizing nonunion workers for a while now. On Thursday, Richard Trumka announced intentions to put this idea into action by courting left-wing ideological groups. It seems the Sierra Club is considering…
A Union Run Amok National Review Online, August 8, 2013 John Raudabaugh, a staff attorney with the National Right to Work Foundation, is representing Clark. He says the union failed to inform employees of their rights to opt out of…
States and selected areas:Employment status of the civilian… Where to Make It in America– Joel Kotkin and Wendell Cox, Daily Beast Fewer than 40% of American employees reside in one of the 22 states that have had Right to Work…
Holden postal worker files complaint after dues still taken from paycheck despite quitting union Bangor Daily News Online, August 2, 2013 She said she could not discuss details of the charge because of the ongoing investigation. Staff attorneys from the…
NRTW Foundation starts Pgh ads Pittsburgh Post Gazette Online, July 23, 2013 The conservative National Right To Work Foundation is starting a decent-sized ad buy in the Pittsburgh market today that warns of union harassment in hospital work places.…
Congress should reexamine raisin marketing law During the Great Depression, the U.S. Congress enacted many laws intended to foster economic recovery by restricting marketplace competition. Today there is a wide consensus among historians, economists, and political scientists, including many who…
Rapidly Responding to ‘Right to Work’ – AFL-CIO An item appearing on the AFL-CIO Now blog yesterday applauds Chris Ormes, chieftain of United Steel Workers (USW/AFL-CIO) Local 1241 in Bardstown, Ky., for his relentless opposition to enactment of a Right…
50 Politicos to Watch: Doug Stafford Politico.com, July19, 2013 Stafford did not meet Paul until late in the summer of 2009. He had risen from a junior writer to vice president of the National Right to Work Committee, the…
Reid confident he has the votes to trigger nuclear option in Senate For the vast majority of U.S. history, the rules of the U.S. Senate have allowed a minority of members to delay enactment of legislation or confirmation of a…