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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…
Shark and Shepherd: The core of Act 10 survives On March 30, U.S. District Judge William Conley rebuffed a bid by Wisconsin government union lawyers to get the Right to Work provision in Act 10, the public-sector labor-law reform adopted…
Right to work has worked Point of View: Oklahoma economy has grown Newsok.com, March 31, 2012 According to federal Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) data, total private-sector employment in Oklahoma increased by 8.1 percent from 2003 to 2010. Oklahoma’s job…
Kill sneaky union dues gambit Detroit News Online, 3/27/2012 State lawmakers are on the verge of calling a halt to the questionable setup that has allowed the Service Employees International Union to extract nearly $30 million in dues from 40,000…
The Kansas City Star reports today that Missouri legislators are considering a modest revision in the way “prevailing wages” on state and local tax-funded construction are calculated. The proposed change could help taxpayers get a somewhat better return on their…
[singlepic id=1 w=320 h=240 float=left] Today the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis posted annual personal income data for 2011 on its web site. The data show that Right to Work states continue to enjoy a substantial income growth…
The screed linked below, by Big Labor Minnesota state Sen. John Marty (DFL-Roseville, pictured) is a typical example of pro-forced unionism boilerplate. Sen. Marty simply assumes ALL employees subject to union monopoly bargaining thereby “benefit” economically. He offers no proof…
Fromthe House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: On February 8th, three of these workers testified before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform about how forced political contributions violate their freedom and rights. [vsw id=”gAnT8OrMdak” source=”youtube” width=”425″ height=”344″…