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In Indiana, Right-to-work status is ‘icing on the cake’

Ron Starner, Site Selection.com, praises the impact of  Indiana’s new Right to Work law. “We are on a record pace for business expansion this year,” says Hasler, who was appointed to his post by Gov. Mitch Daniels after serving as…

NLRB Termed “Dysfunctional Union Advocate”

A new Staff report, prepared by the US House Committee on Government Oversight and Reform, blasts the National Labor Relations Board as a union puppet organization devoted to doing Big Labor’s bidding. Workplacechoice.org has the story: The Committee staff report…

President Misrepresents Michigan Right To Work Laws

ThisPittsburgh Tribune editorial comments on President Obama’s scorn for a Right to Work law, and a toast fora 25th! The most shocking thing about Michigan’s right-to-work law isn’t the law itself but the outright lies the Obama administration, led by…

When Thuggery is Okay

Rich Lowry, National Review Online, compares union thuggery to civil discourse.                   Outside the Michigan capitol the day of the vote, union protesters tore down the large organizational tent of the pro-right-to-work…

Henry Payne’s Take on Michigan Union Violence

Henry Payne in Reason’s Hit and Run blog:  

DC Union President Faces 183 Years in Prison

From Lachlan Markay, at the Foundry:    A jury ruled on September 5 that Caleb Gray-Burriss, founder and president of the National Association of Special Police and Security Officers (NASPSO), was guilty of six counts of mail fraud, seven counts of theft…

Missouri House Speaker says right-to-work passage unlikely

Mike Lear, Missourinet, reports Missouri lawmakers dragging their feet on a Right to Work law. Missouri’s Republican House Speaker says in spite of the passage of right-to-work in Michigan, he doesn’t expect to make it a priority in Missouri but…

Big Labor Bosses Make Way More than Michigan Workers

Jillian Kay Melchior, National Review, The Corner, compares Big Labor officials salaries to the rank and file. It pays big to be a union boss. That’s something to remember as Big Labor leaders decry Michigan’s new right-to-work law. After all,…

Right to Work Improves Teacher Quality

James Marshall Crotty, Forbes magazine, makes an interesting observation: Because of the alleged audacity of passing a right-to-work law during the lame-duck session of the Michigan legislature, virulent – and occasionally violent – protests at the state Capitol in Lansing…

“There Will Be Blood”: Union Violence in the Age of Obama

From Michelle Malkin, a short overview on union violence, including the incidents which accompanied passage of Michigan’s Right to Work Law.   Not so many moons ago, President Obama urged us all to “make sure that we are talking with…

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