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Union Hypocrisy, Michgan Style

Detroit News’editorial says it all. Teacher union officials cry foul over representing teachers who are nonmembers under an exclusive representation contract they themselves have foisted on these unwilling teachers. Perhaps that’s why teachers are exercising their right to refrain. No…

NLRB Sanctions Payment for UFCW Protestors at Wal-Mart

In an unprecedented power play, the National Labor Relations Board has ruled the United Food and Commercial Workers bosses paying nonunion people to protest at Wal-Mart last year, was not illegal. Sean Higgins has the story in the Washington Examiner.…

WA state Senator Michael Baumgardner Advocates Right to Work

State Senator Michael Baumgartner has the right idea. He’s advocating Governor Jay Insley convene a special legislative session to pass a Right to Work law in Washington state. Quoting Texas governor Rick Perry, it’s obvious Senator Baumgartner can see the…

Scott Walker Can’t Convince Big Labor to Hate Him Less

In 2011, Wisconsin and Ohio became the first two states to adopt legislation revoking government union bosses’ privilege to get public servants fired for refusal to pay dues or fees to an unwanted union after having previously passed a statute…

Wisconsin Supreme Court Ruling Allows Union Recertification Elections

National Right to Work Foundation attorneys have won yet another right for Wisconsin teachers. Madison, WI (November 22, 2013) – Last night, the Wisconsin Supreme Court issued a ruling that allows teachers across the state to vote to determine whether…

NILRR Weekly News Clips, November 22, 2013

  Regent Law Students Participate in Two Supreme Court Cases Networkedblogs.com, November 20, 2013 Through the Right to Work Practicum at Regent University School of Law, Regent’s law students have recently had the incredible opportunity to participate in not one,…

VA Gov-Elect Meeing With Union Officials Already

Virginia Governor-elect Terry McAuliffe is wasting no time , meeting withOld Dominionlaborofficials barely 2 weeks after the election. What’s the rush? Anna Palmer has the answer on Politico.com The facetime with union heads is notable because Virginia is a “right…

Sorry, Leo Gerard, Employers Can and Do ‘Bribe’ Union Bosses by Helping Them Seize Monopoly Power Over Employees

Six years ago, then-U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens recognized, in writing for a 7-2 majority in U.S. Chamber of Commerce v. Brown, that under federal labor law employees have an “underlying right to receive information opposing unionization.” This…

Government Employee Pension Funds Force Bankruptcy

An editorial in USA Today reviews the bad news about government employee union pension funds, which are seriously underfunded in many cities and states. It is interesting to note that all of the states where bankruptcies have occurred were forced…

Organized Labor Looking to Defeat Ohio’s Governor in 2014

Vindy.com Fresh from the heady defeat of Toledo Mayor Mike Bell,Ohio labor union bosses are setting their sights on the 2014 gubernatorial race. Bellsupported Governor John Kasich’s attempt to restrict government employee union monopoly bargaining in Ohio. While the attempt…

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