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By Stacy Swimp, president of the Frederick Douglass Society (click here to download pdf of Fact Sheet) In the wake of Michigan’s stunning enactment of the 24th state Right to Work law this month, diehard proponents of compulsory unionism are…
The Fastest-Growing States in America (and Why They’re Booming) Late last week, the U.S. Census Bureau issued a report showing a continuation of the massive exodus of employees and their families from forced-unionism states. This is an exodus that the Census…
Dave Jamieson has the story at the Huffington Post. A lot of people would think the passage of right-to-work legislation in union-stronghold Michigan signifies broader troubles for an embattled labor movement. But Richard Trumka, head of the AFL-CIO labor federation,…
Tom Gantert, Michigan Capitol Confidential, reports on union bosses’ latest threats to worker freedom inMichigan. Al Garrett, president of Michigan AFSCME Council 25, and Larry Roehrig, secretary treasurer, laid out their plans about how to “attack” the law. “There is…
Could this Port Strike Be Big Labor’s Last Hurrah? With union membership at an all-time low, and the economy anemic at best, could the Portland strike break Big Labor’s grip on business forever? The chance the President will intervene when…
Dane Placko, Fox 32 News, Chicago, unearths SEIU Bosses’ campaign to punish Mayor Rahm Emmanuel for considering privatizing airport custodian jobs. It’s just another example of union bosses’ utter disregard for rank and file members, as they spend possibly millions…
Julie Carr Smyth comments on the possibility of Ohio as a Right to Work State in Dayton Daily News Online. Republican Gov. John Kasich and Republican legislative leaders weren’t saying this week whether they will use strong Statehouse majorities next…
A Silver Lining In Michigan Labor Defeat | Working Life Former National Writers Union (NWU) President Jon Tasini is torn. On the one hand, echoing the standard union-boss propaganda line, he labels Michigan’s enactment of the 24th state Right to Work law…
A view from the other side: Union supporter Jonathan Tasini, takes union bosses to task for alienating rank and file members on Working Life. Beginning with the passage of Right to Work in Michigan, . . . concentrating on the…