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Profiting on Disaster: NJ Senate Votes To Exclude Non-Union Construction Workers For Hurricane Sandy Work

Nonunion contractors and workers don’t stand a chance with this bill. Labor Union Report has the story: A bill that was authored by an Ironworkers’ union organizer to expand union-only Project Labor Agreements–to include Hurricane Sandy cleanup and reconstruction–passed the…

NILRR Clipsheet January 18, 2013

Sean Higgins: Richard Trumka for Labor Secretary Washington Times, January 15, 2013 When Labor Secretary Hilda Solis announced her resignation last week, my Washington Examiner colleague Philip Klein quipped on Twitter: “Obama may as well cut to the chase…

Judge Dismisses Indiana Right to Work Challenge

The legal challenge to Indiana’s Right to Work Law, barely a year old, has been stopped dead in its tracks. Tom Davies has they story in the Associated Press. A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit filed by union…

Idaho’s Experience Since 1986 Bodes Well For Michigan’s Economic Future as a Right to Work State

UAW Chief: Right-To-Work Will Be Overturned Right to Work legislation was approved by the Michigan Senate and House and signed into law by Gov. Rick Snyder more than a month ago, but the battle over compulsory unionism in the Wolverine State is…

Labor Board Member Under Fire Over Corruption Lawsuit

The Workplace Fairness Institute is leading the call for recess appointee Robert Griffin to resign from the National Labor Relations Board, because of his alleged involvement with several corrupt unions. Dave Boyer, Washington Times has the story: “The time has…

Anti-RTW Protesters Have Forced Dues Connection

Jack Spencer, Michigan Capitol Confidential, has the story of those Michigan Right to Work protestors who were arrested and their connection with an SEIU forced dues scheme perpetrated on Michigan home caregivers. Seven of the eight people facing felony charges…

Union Member: “It Sounds Like We’re Getting Robbed”

Stanley Oubre, retired Boilermaker, may have been correct when he made this comment. Again, another example of union bosses’ putting their own agenda before the needs of their members. Do union bosses speak for their members? Luke Rosiak has the…

Op-Ed: Obama NLRB expands unions’ right to nonunion workers’ cash

Mark Mix in the Washington Examiner: Federal statutes grant Big Labor extraordinary power over individual workers. Except in right-to-work states, union officials can have workers fired for refusing to fork over forced union dues. But at least in theory, Big…

Are Indiana Teamster Bosses Making Sneaky Calculations?

Indiana rank and file Teamsters are questioning unprecedented and unannounced dues increases. With the passage of a Right to Work Law last year, perhaps Indiana Teamster union bosses are “missing” the thousands of forced dues dollars they were able to…

Oklahoma’s Economy Has Flourished Since Its Right to Work Law Was Upheld in 2003

Guest column: Right to Work is no guarantee of economic success Ever since formerly Big Labor-dominated Michigan became the 24th state to adopt a Right to Work law last month, union strategists have been plotting among themselves about how best…

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