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Pennsylvania GOP Governor Now Paying the Price For Big Labor Appeasement

Some Republican Governors Attempt To Steer Clear Of … – ABC News Gov. Tom Corbett’s approval rating reaches all-time … – PennLive.com Now that a clear majority of Wisconsin voters have rejected Big Labor’s scheme to oust Republican Gov. Scott Walker from office, less than halfway through…

President Obama Oblivious to the Truth About Unionized Government Payrolls

Clueless appeal to aid govt workers Just a little over two years ago, the U.S. Labor Department reported that, for the first time ever, a majority of unionized workers across America are now government employees. As recently as 1980, less…

What lesson will elected officials in other states learn from Wisconsin’s recall showdown?

Wisconsin Vote Shows Unions Losing Strength Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s victory deals blow to unions As Americans who follow political news (ardently, casually, or somewhere in between) surely already know, on Tuesday Wisconsin GOP Gov. Scott Walker handily defeated union bosses’…

An Effort to ‘Shame and Pressure People’

Mailings that list voting records set off some neighbors Since the late 1970’s, union operatives have grown accustomed to using “card checks” and other organizing techniques that disparage employees’ prerogative to decide in private whether or not they will support unionization…

An Ethical Double Standard at the NLRB?

Board’s integrity As a Las Vegas Review Journal editorial yesterday (see link above) noted, Republican Terence Flynn has resigned as a member of the powerful National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The editorial went on to explain that union officials and…

Employees Should Have as Much Freedom as Business Owners

That’s Not Kosher: How Four Jewish Butchers … – The Freeman A well-written article by Steve Horwitz appearing in the June issue of The Freeman (see the link above) recounts the story of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Schechter decision…

To Fulfill Ambitious Job-Creation Pledge, Scott Walker Should Fight For State Right to Work Law

Wisconsin jobs numbers remain key point of contention | Appleton … The famous Intrade prediction market is currently giving Wisconsin GOP Gov. Scott Walker a 91.7% chance of withstanding Big Labor’s forced dues-funded bid to oust him in a…

NILRR News Clips – May 25, 2012

Union Bosses Set Forest Fire Captain’s Religious Rights Ablaze www.nrtw.org, May 21, 2012 With free legal assistance from National Right to Work Foundation attorneys, Susanville firefighter John Valentich filed the charge against the CDFF union with the California Department of…

New AFL-CIO General Counsel Believes All Workers Should Be Corralled Into Unions

Craig Becker’s cushy new job proves that his critics were right In his writings for academic and “labor studies” journals over the years, Craig Becker has made it plain time and again that he believes all American workers should be…

A Nascent Economic Boom in America’s Newest Right to Work State?

http://bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf “Ž http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/laus.pdf IndianaPerforming Well in Job Growth In the U.S.as a whole, the anemic private-sector employment growth of early 2012 got even more feeble last month, as the nation’s business payrolls barely increased by an estimated 0.1%,…

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