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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…
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…