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Wisconsin Union Thugs Threaten Governor over Act 10

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker recounts the threats to his family’s safety after passage of Act 10, which severely limited the scope of monopoly bargaining for government employee unions, and gave teachers right to work freedom as well. Tal Kopan has…

Public Servants Have Far Fewer Opportunities For Advancement in States With Pervasive Government Unionism

Most Americans today believe, with ample justification, that government is too big and tries to do too much, and therefore it may seem surprising at first that, according to new and revised data from the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of…

Pennsylvania Teacher Union Officials Hurting Students

Matt Brouillette of the Commonwealth Foundation, demonstrates how teacher union officials are hurting students by preventing school reform, and pressing more and more teachers into paying for agendas they do not believe in. But, then, Pennsylvania allows union officials to…

NILRR Weekly News Clips, November 15, 2013

      U.S. Supreme Court To Consider Breaking Up The Union Boss “Neutrality Agreement” Racket biglaborbailout.com, November 13, 2013 It’s the little known Unite Here Local 355 vs. Mulhall case which might end up packing a lot of legal…

Other Things Being Equal, Poverty Is Clearly Lower in Right to Work States

If Right to Work laws had no economic impact whatsoever, the share of people residing in Right to Work states who are poor would surely be higher by roughly a percentage point than the share of people residing in states…

German Unions are Working with UAW to Organize Auto Industry

Auto factories in the South are facing an onslaught of organizing drives from the desperate United Auto Workers’ labor bosses. Now their efforts are being boosted by German auto workers, for their own selfish reasons. Neal E. Boudette has the…

In Economics, Correlations in the Data Are Often the Best Evidence Available

This past week the National Institute for Labor Relations Research (NILRR) issued its latest analysis showing that, according to a host of economic indicators, having a state Right to Work law on the books is positively correlated with faster growth…

NILRR Weekly Newsclips, November 08, 2013

    Group files complaint about Unified’s vote to negotiate with unions Kenosha News Online, November 08, 2013 According to a statement from the Institute, the complaint was filed on behalf of Kristi Lacroix, who they identify as a district…

Governor-Elect Refuses to Pledge for Right to Work in Virginia

Virginians must be on the lookout for possible changes to worker freedom in 2014. The commonwealth’s governor-elect, Terry McAuliffe, refuses to say whether he will uphold the commonwealth’s treasured Right ot Work Law, which allows all workers, both in the…

Obama Administration Planning Big Labor Health Care Payback

Jay Hancock of Kaiser Health News reports the Obama administation has plans to further pay Big Labor back for its political support by exempting some health plans, including qualifying union plans. Weeks after denying labor’s request to give union members…

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