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Hundreds of longshoremen storm grain terminal in Washington Los Angeles Times Online, 9/08/2011 Hundreds of angry longshoremen stormed through a grain shipping terminal in Longview, Wash., early Thursday and held security guards at bay while descending on a disputed train…
Labor Day Red Hot Read of the Day lakeshorelaments.com, 9/06/2011 Great post at NRO’s The Corner by Mark Mix, President of the National Right to Work Committee and the Right to Work Foundation. Believe It or Not: Michigan Court Rules…
Right to Work President Mark Mix on CSPAN, explains Right to Work Laws, etc. CSPAN, 9/05/2011 Mark Mix talked about the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation’s fight against what it calls “compulsory unionism” and efforts to pass right…
Want to be a civil Servant? It may cost you The Daily Caller, 9/04/2011 It is incredible that so many of our public servants have to pay a private organization just for the privilege to work in the public sector.…
Mark Mix on Varney and Co on Wisconsin teacher Unionism Fox News Online, 9/02/2011 Mark Mix for the National Right To Work Legal Defense Foundation. why would the wisconsin union law create an outflow of teachers retiring? The reality is…
It’s Labor Day, not Union Day Wilson County News Online, 8/31/2011 The fact is that modern unions are built on the legal privilege of compulsion. In 28 states without Right to Work laws, nonunion employees can be fired for refusing…
Preliminary findings from NILRR.org study of USDOL union financial reports of forced-union-dues funded treasuries used to finance political operations. During the 2010 election cycle, which covers the years 2009 & 2010, Big Labor spent more from its combined union treasuries…
Restoration of Teacher and Other Government Union Bosses’ Forced-Union-Dues Privileges Would Quash Business Employment Growth, Undermine Public Institutions This month, top officials of the National Education Association (NEA), the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME/AFL-CIO), and other…
An error-ridden blog doesn’t shoot straight on prevailing wage Daily Kos.com, 8/26/2011 With Cantor’s Playbook In Hand, VA Op-Ed Says Suspend the Prevailing Wage During Disaster Relief The op-ed, written by a senior research associate at the National Institute for…
Greer: Suspension of wage law would be benefit News Leader Online, 8/25/2011 Independent-minded construction employees and the firms for which they work shouldn’t be denied a fair shot at participating in Joplin and Maryland Heights reconstruction, or any other taxpayer-funded…