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Economic Rationalizations For Compulsory Unionism Are Just as Weak as the Others

JURIST – Forum: ‘Right to Work’ in Michigan: Depleting Unions … This blog post follows up on the February 3 discussion here of an anti-Right to Work commentary by Michigan law professor Susan Bitensky, published by The Jurist a few weeks ago…

8 Right to Work Protesters Dodge Jail Time

8 Right to Work protestors, rescued from jail by a plea deal, were originally charged with assaulting/resisting/obstructing police during a demonstration after Michigan citizens passed their Right To Work Law last year.  Brandon Howell has the story on mlive.com.  The…

SEIU Has Big Plans for Midwest Workers

SEIU Local 1’s 2013 Strategic Plan reveals a goal of forcing thousands of guards and airportworkers into unwanted representation.A majority of the workers perform janitorial or security duties. The plan also boasts it will help the “99%” achieve equity with…

WSU faculty union seeks 10-year contract before right-to-work takes effect

Since the enactment of a Right to Work Law in Michigan, theWayne State University faculty has taken to seeking desperate measures to keep forcingfaculty topay dues for another 10 years. David Jesse, Education Writer for the Detroit Free Press, has…

Government Employee Unions Spending More on Political Action

Government employee unions are expanding their power with more and more political spending.  The Wasington Examiner Watchdog Staff has the story. Approximately half of the federal government’s 2.1 million career employees are union members, and the largest of those unions…

Right to Work Laws Don’t Deprive Union Officials of Any Revenue to Which They Are Licitly Entitled

JURIST – Forum: ‘Right to Work’ in Michigan: Depleting Unions …   Writing for The Jurist last month, Michigan law professor Susan Bitensky followed a longstanding tradition among apologists for compulsory unionism.  In a commentary bemoaning the December 2012 enactment of a Right…

Injunction sought on right-to-work law

Labor unions have brought a lawsuit against Michigan’s new Right to Work law. Kathleen Gray and Paul Egan have the story in the Detroit Free Press. The American Civil Liberties Union and a coalition of labor unions want to put…

Foundation Case Involves Illinois Workers

Union officials called a strike. There were men who just wanted to work, and for them, the strike fines became even more expensive than honoring the picket line. Now, with free confidential legal aid from the National Right to Work…

Senator Rand Paul Introduces National Right to Work Act to End Forced Union Dues for Workers

Senator Rand Paul introduces the National Right to Work Act. Sean Higgins, Senior Editorial Writer, Washington Examiner, has the story: Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., introduced S. 204 Thursday, a bill to create a national right-to-work law. The bill “would preserve…

NILRR Weekly Newsclips February 01, 2013

Senator Rand Paul Introduces National Right to Work Act to End Forced Union Dues for Workers National Right to Work Committee Online, February 1, 2013 Yesterday, Senator Rand Paul (Republican-Ky.) introduced the National Right to Work Act (S. X) in…

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