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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…
Public unions should be curbed, says right to work defender legalnewsline.com, 8/23/2011 La Jeunesse, who has more than 40 years experience helping employees litigate against compulsory unionism – including arguing four cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, talked to a…
Even Some Big Labor Allies in Academia, Media Admit That Right to Work States Have Superior Long-Term ‘Output and Income’ Growth “[I]t is true that both output and income have grown faster in right-to-work states than in other states over…
Issa Letter Hikes Pressure on NLRB Lawyers, Cites Severe Consequences for ‘Obstruction’ Daily Labor Report Online, 8/19/2011 House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) warned Solomon in an Aug. 17 letter that failing to produce the subpoenaed…
Worker Advocate Challenges Obama Labor Board Pro-Union Boss Election Rule Change National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, 8/18/2011 The National Right to Work Foundation – the nation’s premier advocate for workers who suffer from the abuses of compulsory unionism…
Straw Poll Voters Look For ‘Breakout’ In GOP Field npr.org, 8/13/2011 Down the way, past the busy booths for the NRA, Pro-Life America and National Right to Work, a couple Rick Perry supporters suggested that perhaps pundits like Huckabee were…
Editorial: Getting less bang for school-bond bucks Orange County Register Online, 8/09/2011 These pacts mandate that all contractors who bid on the new projects follow union work rules and get workers through union hiring halls. As the National Right to…
Issa Issues Subpoena to Compel NLRB, Solomon to Hand Over Boeing Documents Daily Labor Report Online, 8/08/2011 The identified materials must be submitted to committee offices by noon Aug. 12, an Aug. 8 committee statement said. When asked what action…