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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…
The United Food and Commercial workers, part of the original Change to Win Coalition, appears to be doing just that. After 8 years, it looks as if they may be willing to throw their lot back with the AFL-CIO. Richard Trumka and…
Why do we care what CNBC thinks about R.I.? Providence-based public radio political analyst Scott MacKay is sneering at the latest Consumer News and Business Channel (CNBC) analysis of business climates in the 50 states, which ranks Rhode Island…
Right to Work and a Test for Republicans Wall Street Journal, June 14, 2013 Still, a ranking of 22nd out of 50 states leaves plenty of room for improvement and begs the question: What do the top 10 states…