NILRR Newsclips 08 26 2011

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 projects, simply
because they are union-free.

Worker Advocate Denounces NLRB Rule Designed to Push Workers into Compulsory
Unionism

nrtw.org, 8/25/2011

“The NLRB’s new rules are just the latest example of the
Obama Labor Board’s biased approach to administering labor law.

“Just as the Obama administration promises to lessen the
job-destroying weight of federal regulations, Obama’s NLRB comes out with a new
‘posting rule’ to saddle every business – from ‘mom and pop’ stores to IBM –
with new mandatory posting requirements designed solely to grease the skids for
more forced unionism.

NLRB requires posting of workers’ rights to unionize

Los Angeles Times Online, 8/25/2011

In a statement after the ruling, the National Right to Work
Legal Defense Foundation said the rule was “designed to push workers into
compulsory unionism.” A statement by the foundation’s president, Mark Mix,
reads:

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