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A One-Sided ‘Right’ to Unionize?! LaborUnionReport.com, April 9, 2012 A guest commentary by Stan Greer, senior research associate for the National Institute for Labor Relations Research The claim that there is a civil right to join a union, but no equivalent…
Unions vs. Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker: It’s All About Jobs States and selected areas: Employment status It’s hard to believe that, only a year ago, Big Labor was attacking Wisconsin GOP Gov. Scott Walker for supposedly abolishing public employees’…
Union: Right-to-Work Law Like Slavery Top officials of the suburban Chicago-based Local 150 of the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE/AFL-CIO) are coming in for some well-deserved mockery for outrageous claims they have recently made as part of their bid…
Oklahoman Op-Ed by Stan Greer: A little more than nine years ago, the Oklahoma Supreme Court rejected a two-year-long campaign by labor union lawyers to get the state’s right-to-work law invalidated. Chief Justice Joseph Watt rebuffed union lawyers: “[T]o hold…
Removing Union Wage Ceilings – By James Sherk – The Corner … For many years now, Right to Work supporters have striven to focus public attention on the fact that monopoly unionism leads, most often, to less pay for…
Mark Mix: Union muscling in to O.C. hospital Orange County Register, April 12, 2012 Unknown figures entering your workplace through the back door without identification. Harassing late night phone calls. Strangers blocking your driveway and studying your exact movements. These…
They must go Monsters in the Classroom: NYC Teachers Union Reinstates Alleged … Apologists for Big Labor special privileges often suggest they are necessary to protect honest and hard-working employees. But do good employees really benefit when union bosses wield their…
Right-To-Work Laws Make Unions Accountable, Not DOA The basic facts about state Right to Work laws aren’t in doubt. In the 23 states that now have such laws on the books, each employee has the personal freedom to refuse to…
Newly Released ‘Rich States, Poor States‘ Report Draws Attention … In the middle of this week, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) released the fifth edition of its “Rich States, Poor States” report. (See the link above for information about…
Roughly a year ago, Wisconsin and Ohio became the first two states to adopt statutes revoking government union officials’ power to force employees to pay union dues, or be fired, after having first granted Big Labor this privilege legislatively. In…