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Dislike freeloaders? Change state law The Detroit News Online, November 26, 2013 The 24 states with right to work are grappling with this issue of fairness. Patrick Semmens, vice president of the National Right to Work Foundation, says there’s…
Former NLRB member Peter Schaumber discusses union officials’ use of “worker centers” as organizing centers. Because the centers are not subject to federal law, union officials find they are a useful way to circumvent regulations on union organizing. Peter Schaumber…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…